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Steady work turns genius to a loom.

George Eliot (2016). “Complete Works Of George Eliot”, p.3694, ShandonPress

Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities.

"On the Frontier". Interview with Virginia Postrel, reason.com. October, 1996.

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back on bad and good alike.

Eric Bentley (1986). “The Pirandello Commentaries”, p.9, Northwestern University Press

Turn over a new leaf.

James Prior, Edmund Burke (1826). “Memoir of the Life and Character of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With Specimens of His Poetry and Letters and an Estimate of His Genius and Talents, Compared with Those of His Great Contemporaries. Enlarged to Two Volumes”, p.422

And as he, who with laboring breath has escaped from the deep to the shore, turns to the perilous waters and gazes.

Dante Alighieri, John D Sinclair (1961). “The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Inferno”, p.23, Oxford University Press, USA

I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.

"Sunday Interview -- Corazon Aquino/ The former president of the Philippines reflects on losing a husband to the cause they believed in, the revolution that later swept her to power and the difficulties of ruling in a democracy". Interview With Benjamin Pimentel, www.sfgate.com. February 18, 1996.

All I can do is turn a phrase until it catches the light.

Clive James (2009). “May Week Was In June”, p.204, Pan Macmillan

I wasn’t destined to be an astronaut. I had to turn myself into one.

Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.7, Pan Macmillan

In war more than anywhere else, things do not turn out as we expect.

Carl von Clausewitz (2008). “On War”, p.193, Princeton University Press