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I do believe that our modern English usage has become way too clipped and austere. I have been reading excerpts from the journals of 18th-century seafarers lately, and even the lowliest press-ganged deck-swabber turns a finer phrase than I do most days Picture Quote #1

Breaking Bad’ - I’ve heard that question phrased in many directions, and it always means the same thing. It’s when someone can’t... when a decent person can’t take it any more. They just kind of turn and go in the opposite direction Picture Quote #1

I was obsessed with country music when I was a kid, and it’s definitely had a huge influence on the way I write songs. I was always attracted to songs that had a brilliant pun or a clever turn of phrase, but came from a dark, bitter place. As a writer, I’ve always gravitated towards that feeling Picture Quote #1

You can be amazing, you can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug Picture Quote #1

Taste speaks through a turn of phrase, a curl of the lip, a shrug of the shoulder: it makes an atmosphere Picture Quote #1

The niftiest turn of phrase, the most elegant flight of rhetorical fancy, isn’t worth beans next to a clear thought clearly expressed Picture Quote #1

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I always have a pad of paper and a pencil within reach, to catch on the wing this turn of phrase which strikes me as felicitous, that idea which I hope to be able to examine more closely in the light of day Picture Quote #1

Reading is sometimes thought of as a form of escapism, and it’s a common turn of phrase to speak of getting lost in a book. But a book can also be where one finds oneself; and when a reader is grasped and held by a book, reading does not feel like an escape from life so much as it feels like an urgent, crucial dimension of life itself Picture Quote #1

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I do believe that our modern English usage has become way too clipped and austere. I have been reading excerpts from the journals of 18th-century seafarers lately, and even the lowliest press-ganged deck-swabber turns a finer phrase than I do most days (Turn Of Phrase Quotes) Breaking Bad’ - I’ve heard that question phrased in many directions, and it always means the same thing. It’s when someone can’t... when a decent person can’t take it any more. They just kind of turn and go in the opposite direction (Turn Of Phrase Quotes) I was obsessed with country music when I was a kid, and it’s definitely had a huge influence on the way I write songs. I was always attracted to songs that had a brilliant pun or a clever turn of phrase, but came from a dark, bitter place. As a writer, I’ve always gravitated towards that feeling (Turn Of Phrase Quotes) You can be amazing, you can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug (Turn Of Phrase Quotes) Taste speaks through a turn of phrase, a curl of the lip, a shrug of the shoulder: it makes an atmosphere (Turn Of Phrase Quotes) The niftiest turn of phrase, the most elegant flight of rhetorical fancy, isn’t worth beans next to a clear thought clearly expressed (Turn Of Phrase Quotes) I always have a pad of paper and a pencil within reach, to catch on the wing this turn of phrase which strikes me as felicitous, that idea which I hope to be able to examine more closely in the light of day (Turn Of Phrase Quotes) Reading is sometimes thought of as a form of escapism, and it’s a common turn of phrase to speak of getting lost in a book. But a book can also be where one finds oneself; and when a reader is grasped and held by a book, reading does not feel like an escape from life so much as it feels like an urgent, crucial dimension of life itself (Turn Of Phrase Quotes)