Turning Quotes
1757 quotes by 1375 authors
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A man who is morally clean, other things being equal, has in every instance, greater agility, greater capacity, and greater endurance by far than the…
— Christian D. Larson
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What should we do? We have no wish to interrupt the destroyer's work of saving lives... But war is war and the people being picked…
— Martin Niemoller
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump Grind,' then turning around and doing a…
— R. Kelly
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Going nowhere isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more…
— Pico Iyer
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Gestures and facial expressions do indeed communicate, as anyone can prove by turning off the sound on a television set and asking watchers to characterize…
— Peter Farb
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Winter is the king of showmen, Turning tree stumps into snowmen And houses into birthday cakes And spreading sugar over lakes. Smooth and clean and…
— Ogden Nash
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If you've done a bit of journalism, everyone assumes you must be moving into PR. We're absolutely not becoming a PR agency and we're not…
— Peter York
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Jaws' was the definitive filmmaking turning point for me. It came out in the summer of '75 and I saw it an obsessive 55 times.…
— Victor Salva
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I like the weight, look, and feel of a book. I enjoy turning the pages, and frequently scan the spines of my many books on…
— Al Seckel
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Wedlock's a lane where there is no turning.
— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
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Somewhere, out at the edges, the night / Is turning and the waves of darkness / Begin to brighten the shore of dawn... The heavy…
— John O'Donohue
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Appreciation is the oil that lubricates life and keeps your wheels turning easily and freely. Without appreciation, your wheels will still spin, but they are…
— Sue Thoele
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To have a platform like So You Think You Can Dance, where you're reaching this audience that's been created over the 10 years that they've…
— Misty Copeland
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The Simonian system can be extracted from the writings of Hippolytus. The cosmos begins with the one root, which is unfathomable Silence, pre-existent, limitless power,…
— Edward F Edinger
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The art of meditation may be exercised at all hours, and in all places, and men of genius, in their walks, at table, and amidst…
— Isaac D'Israeli
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Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning; One pain is less'ned by another's anguish; Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning; One desperate…
— William Shakespeare
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There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it
— Eric Hoffer
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When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is…
— Eric Hoffer
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Never discuss the poem you contemplate writing. It's like turning on the outside spigot. It takes all the pressure off the upstairs bathroom.
— Robert Frost
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Most art in the world does not have a capital 'A,' but is a way of turning everyday objects into personal expressions.
— Gloria Steinem
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