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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.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

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.

From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder.

If fans are going to turn on me because of this, they weren't my fans anyway. I couldn't betray a whole 25 years of record making and not do this. I had to.

They're still considered Olympic eligibles, so there's never an issue whether they're going to turn pro or not. When they get to that level, money is never an issue. They make so much money now.

Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn means fewer sales of American steel products around the world and losses of far more jobs than are saved.

A story is not finished, until it took the worst turn.

We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.

Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American Dream. That may turn out to be a good re-election strategy for President Obama, but is a demoralizing message for America.

The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans.

I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.

It wasn't about mechanics; it was about a feeling, wanting to give someone something, which in turn was really gratifying. That really resonated for me.

Well, I think as long as people are talking about stimulus, I think the Fed will be thinking about cutting rates because monetary policy is the better way to go because you can turn it on and turn it off.

Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.