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10 QUOTES WITH «TURN TO»
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turn to.
But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins, yet if you will now turn to God by a sincere repentance, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall not be cast out.
Just as with homicide, those in the 'passion' category of suicide are much more likely to turn to whatever means are immediately available - those that are easy and quick.
Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.
Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present-day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation.
I do this thing at every party: I go to a party, I stand around for, like, 45 minutes, and then I turn to my wife and say, 'I think we should go home.' And then we leave, and then I wake up the next morning and say to my wife, 'We don't go out anymore.' It's a great trick.
Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
Sometimes I, as a public official, turn to Scripture or hymns - especially hymns, because sometimes we Catholics don't have the Scriptures memorized like we should - to help me explain a public policy position or an idea or to be able to articulate it better when you're talking about justice or mercy or compassion.
I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.
People who are incapable of having any kind of intimate relationship have to turn to feeling this incredible hunger and void, have to turn to some quantifiable external product to make them feel whole.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TURN TO»
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turn to in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
turn to and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Turn to Empire: The Rise of Imperial Liberalism in Britain ...
As Jennifer Pitts shows in A Turn to Empire, Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, and Jeremy Bentham were among many at the start of this period to criticize European empires as unjust as well as politically and economically disastrous for the ...
"Under former President Moi, his Kalenjin tribesmen ate. Now it's our turn to eat," politicians and civil servants close to the president told Githongo.
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Marjorie Garber, Beatrice Hanssen, Rebecca L. Walkowitz, 2013
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Philosophy and the
Turn to Religion
This study argues that a turn to religion in philosophy anticipates and accompanies this development in the contemporary world.
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Turn to Die: Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia
A beautifully wrought and unflinching memoir of one young man's harrowing struggle to survive in war-torn Bosnia.
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Turn to the Native: Studies in Criticism and Culture
Chapters follow on the relationship of Native American culture to postcolonial writing and postmodernism. Krupat comments on the recent work of numerous Native writers.
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Reforming Theological Anthropology: After the Philosophical ...
In this volume F.LeRon Shults explores the challenges to and opportunities for rethinking current religious views of humankind in contemporary Western culture.
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Tradition in a Rootless World: Women
Turn to Orthodox Judaism
As a participant observer in their religious resocialization and in interviews and conversations with over one hundred women, Davidman also sought a new perspective on the religious institutions that reach out to these women and usher them ...
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My
Turn to Speak: Iran, the Revolution and Secret Deals With ...
Views the Iranian Revolution
Abū al-Ḥasan Banī Ṣadr, Jean-Charles Deniau, 1991
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Turn to Transcendence: The Role of Religion in the ...
Especially concerned with the public nature of religion, Glenn W. Olsen sets forth an exhaustively researched and persuasive account of how religion has been reshaped in the modern period.
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TURN TO»
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turn to is used in the context of the following news items.
Egyptians Turn to Facebook to Highlight Decrepit Public Facilities
Like its predecessors, the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi offers few ways for the public to make its concerns heard by decision-makers. The turn to ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Scammers Turn To Caller ID 'Spoofing' To Pose As Police
Most people know to hang up on con artists supposedly calling from the power company or the IRS, demanding money. The problem is, there's little the police ... «NPR, Jun 15»
Producers Turn to Indiegogo to Finance Orson Welles's Final Film
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Add a few more twists to the decades-long quest to release “The Other Side of the Wind,” the unfinished final film of Orson Welles. «New York Times, May 15»
Managers Turn to Computer Games, Aiming for More Efficient …
Mr. Duggan founded Badgeville, whose software turns work tasks into badges and a leader board in an effort to add elements of games to work. His new ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
Photographers Turn to the iPad for Independence
Since its initial launch in 2010, the iPad has been hailed as the future, if not the savior, of mainstream magazines faced with declining sales. While certain ... «TIME, Jan 15»
Colleges Turn to Personality Assessments to Find Successful Students
CHICAGO—Gabby Toro Rosa was a strong student in high school but she was lousy at standardized tests, killing her chances at some colleges. Then she heard ... «Wall Street Journal, Jan 15»
