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Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.

The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC.

A story has been thought through to the end when it has taken the worst possible turn.

The city's contradictions and frailties drive me to the church. The church, in turn, binds my wounds and soothes my troubled heart, and sends me right back out into the city again.

I've heard some tunes in recent years that were pretty close to that same idea. The idea was you turn on the radio and you want to hear some music and up comes a commercial.

A study last year showed that the page you turn to first in the newspaper can be a predictor of how long you will live. No surprise, turning first to the Comics Pages prolongs your life.

Every test, every trial, every heartache that's been significant, I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what.

The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is. Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over.

The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything.

This is a group effort. This is group theatre. This is no big star turn. You could do things with it to do that but it would just be out of kilter. This is one reason I like this play. This is a unit.

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor.

Another little known fact about Amazing Tennis - the computer opponents are modeled after real people. In an odd turn of events, I joined a division 3 college tennis team at age 38.

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.

You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.

The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress.

No one in their right mind would turn down the contracts I've been offered.

And they like being able to turn on the television day in and day out to see someone that they know and they feel comfortable with and trust hopefully and respect even.

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again.

When I am in a hotel, and I turn off the lights and the TV, I just freak out. I turn the TV back on and don't get any sleep.

I turn over a new leaf every day. But the blots show through.

That is a lot of the reason I do what I do, to really spread the word and spread information and turn people onto different things they may not be, y'know, aware of. That is what Naked City is certainly about.

Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down.

But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.

I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting to do independent film. Wanting to break into television or radio.

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.

I am not one of those actors who believes he has to live the part he is playing. I can turn it on and off.

By definition startups usually do not turn a profit.

Those who have happy homes seldom turn out badly.

Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.