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I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil. -- Sting
The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil. -- Thomas A. Edison
I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil. -- W. Eugene Smith
Any time I got in emotional turmoil, I felt sick all the time, like at any minute I would die. -- Skeet Ulrich
Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives. -- Thomas S. Monson
What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence. -- Lord Byron
Architecture can't fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of that turmoil into the architecture, or it isn't real. -- Frank Stella
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people. -- Ron Paul
Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions. -- Sai Baba
There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love. -- Charles Stanley
There is turmoil under the heavens. The prospects are excellent. -- Mao Zedong
Surrender is a journey from the outer turmoil to the inner peace. -- Sri Chinmoy
It is in the turmoil of chaos that we discover what, if anything, we are. -- Orson Scott Card
Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch. -- Andrea Mitchell
The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here. -- Carlton Fisk
How in the turmoil of life can love stand, Where there is not one heart, and one mouth and one hand. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Protect your vision. Prevail over adversity. Persevere in the midst of turmoil. Passionately act upon your convictions. Purposely walk into the day. -- Mary Anne Radmacher
Anyone can find fault. It is the wise person who finds that which encourages another in the turmoils and strifes of the day. -- Edgar Cayce
All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and rest. -- Bayazid Bastami
Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition... -- Amelia Barr
I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy. -- Paul Simon
I find it extraordinary that a straightforward if inelegant device for ensuring the survival of the species should involve human beings in such emotional turmoil. Does sex have to be taken so seriously? -- P. D. James
The ego promotes turmoil because it wants to substantiate your separateness from everyone, including God. It will push you in the direction of judgment and comparison, and cause you to insist on being right and best. You know your highest self by listening to the voice that only wants you to be at peace. -- Wayne Dyer
When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health and our happiness. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at al, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil. -- Dale Carnegie
Turmoil stimulates. -- Thomas Leonard
Turmoil in life morphs into brilliance in writing -- Lauren Gano
The Lord is a good psychologist: he knows the way our minds run. Turmoil can be the Lord's way of tapping us on the shoulder and saying, 'Don't forget me.' -- Eknath Easwaran
Turmoil is everywhere, and the whole world is waiting for solutions to come from the top down. That's not how it works - community change from the bottom up makes a real difference. -- Betty Williams
Turmoil is a call for awakening. Every challenge, great or small, is moving you to look deeper and draw forth the highest in you. You're never given a challenge beyond your ability to meet and master. You'll rise above every circumstance because you're greater than any circumstance. -- Alan Cohen
Economic progress, in capitalist society, means turmoil. -- Joseph A. Schumpeter
Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will. -- Ben Shapiro
The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested. -- Mike Honda
The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people. -- Ron Paul
We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies. -- Jean-Pierre Raffarin
I think, as an artist, you have to have experienced some deep turmoil, some kind of pain, because that's what connects you with the world. That's what makes it juicy! -- Jill Scott
Music to me is so internal. It's physical and it's emotional. Whereas fashion is so much about the external that it's almost like a break. It's not inner turmoil. It's total escapism. -- Florence Welch
Spiritually, we have marginalized the Bible. We've trivialized marriage, and we've neutralized the church. America today is in great turmoil. It feels like the soul of our nation has been taken from us. -- David Jeremiah
I know there are writers who feel unhappy with domesticity and who even manufacture domestic turmoil in order to have something to write about. With me, though, the happier I feel, the better I write. -- Paul Theroux
Soaring prices for crude oil, falling production surpluses, wild speculation in commodities, a rush into the precious metals, turmoil in the Middle East, assertive oil producers: it is 1973-74 all over again, and at dictation speed. -- James Buchan
When you're caught up in the storm or, you know, just the turmoil of everything that there is another side and you do get through it. And you know, just standing by the truth and doing the right thing. -- Amber Frey
Owning a variety of asset classes means that some part of your portfolio will be doing well when the cyclical turmoil arises. A broadly diversified portfolio includes large capitalization stocks, small cap, emerging markets, fixed income, real estate and commodities. -- Barry Ritholtz
Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothing, prices will continue to rise and our reliance on oil will come to an abrupt and tumultuous end, causing global economic and social turmoil. -- Lucy Powell
American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in flux or turmoil, with different peoples competing for visibility and power. The U.S. cannot fix the fate of every nation. -- Camille Paglia
The '50s in general are written off as a boring decade following the turmoil of the Second World War and its immediate aftermath - the postwar Labour government, the cold war, the arrival of the New Look in fashion, etc. But I remember it as a very exciting time - a pioneering, rule-breaking time, especially for the young. -- Lynne Reid Banks
With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look - for dizzier heights. -- Nikola Tesla
Bella, I can't! -- Stephenie Meyer
Grace rides inside the waves. -- Marty Rubin
There is peace even in the storm -- Vincent Van Gogh
She was exhausted from her own self-deprecation and inner turmoil. -- Kimberly Derting
When you commune with your ever-present inner calm, you are released from the madness and pain of all outer turmoil. -- Bryant McGill
People are like waves of the ocean, some cover you with tides of refreshment, whilst others drown you in floods of turmoil -- Ali
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When things are like hunky dory, every enemy comes in the name of friend, but when things are twisted like turmoil, every friendly enemy shows you their colour. -- Michael Bassey Johnson
The ego lusts for satisfaction. It has a prideful ferocious appetite for its version of "truth". It is the most challenging aspect to conquer; the cause for most spiritual turmoil. -- T.F. Hodge
My heart feels not so much in my chest as in my hands. I am carrying it along swiftly, as though I have become the messenger for what is going on inside me. -- Claire Keegan
Is this where the light faded out forever? Where the cat was finally killed by caught tongue? Where hand no longer wandered over curious texture?Where words no longer moved past lips but died in a quiver? -- Mellon Black
In times of turmoil, void or suffering, closely stays the images mirroring the lived, far seems the unknown to be; pick yourself a lens to see through, your eyes touch the distant mountains and the lived past disappears into ponzo illusions. -- Pavitraa Parthasarathy
Sometimes the waters of our spirits are churned and murky, and it is difficult to tap the reservoirs of our innate wisdom and knowledge. But the waters will settle as we do. Quietly and gently encourage yourself to go inside. Clarity will come. -- Sue Patton Thoele
When you keep hitting walls of resistance in life, the universe is trying to tell you that you are going the wrong way. It's like driving a bumper car at an amusement park. Each time you slam into another car or the edge of the track, you are forced to change direction. -- Suzy Kassem
Movement eases turmoil. -- Tim Sandlin
In time, lies bring turmoil, where honesty brings peace. -- Wes Fesler
Avoid the poison in your life that brings you turmoil. -- Jean Vanier
An artist needs a certain amount of turmoil and confusion. -- Joni Mitchell
Ðrt movements are always linked to some kind of turmoil. -- Morgan Parker
Obviously, you go through a lot of emotional turmoil in a divorce. -- David Byrne
Our actions will be at measured pace given the current market turmoil. -- Raghuram Rajan
Only a country that feels invulnerable can afford political turmoil as entertainment. -- Lionel Shriver
Fake confidence on the outside often trumps truthful turmoil on the inside. -- Rob Lowe
Five minutes of communication can save a year's worth of turmoil and misunderstanding. -- Joyce Meyer
... an era of turmoil and ideological confusion, the principal phenomenon of the present age. -- Saul Bellow
You can make really effective changes when your consciousness is free of emotional turmoil. -- Ken Keyes Jr.
What we don't need today is more turmoil, more upheaval and more economic chaos. -- Kezia Dugdale
Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you. -- Rihanna
For a small, open economy like Cyprus, Euro adoption provides protection from international financial turmoil. -- Jean-Claude Trichet
We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art. -- Morgan Parker
I don't find myself in moral turmoil. I'm not given to turmoil of any kind. -- Malcolm Turnbull
I also think that [political turmoil] gives artists something, a way of kind of processing. -- Morgan Parker
Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability -- B.K.S. Iyengar
Wherever you have weakening states and turmoil, you will have a fertile petri dish for terrorism. -- Robert D. Kaplan
Just for the record, the weather today is increasing turmoil with a possible physical and emotional breakdown. -- Chuck Palahniuk
Ironically, gratitude's most powerful mysteries are often revealed when we are struggling in the midst of personal turmoil. -- Sarah Ban Breathnach
Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all. -- Sun Tzu
Do you have to have emotional turmoil to create music? I'm not sure because I've never been without it -- Lykke Li
I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story. -- Jesse Eisenberg
I don't like conflicts. I'm not a competitive person at heart. To be in the middle of turmoil is boring. -- Christian Louboutin
When in times of turmoil and breakup, do not cut or shave your head, because it will never end well. -- Christine Lakin
By translating their inner turmoil or understanding into art, artists challenge the accepted notions of reality and create new ones. -- Wes Nisker
It is man who, through his thoughts and actions, creates turmoil and disintegration in the natural, harmonious unity of the world. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
I have to say that those nine years were full of turmoil and drama and trauma to me, in actual fact. -- Joan Collins
Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. -- Laozi
In modern warfare, journalists are among the first responders, seeking out truth in the turmoil and wreckage, wherever it takes them. -- Nancy Gibbs
To eliminate the inner turmoil we must focus our attention inward and act with loving kindness to ourselves"?and each other. -- Michelle Cruz
Humanity was drawn to turmoil and self-destruction as inevitably as the earth was drawn to complete its annual revolution of the sun. -- Dean Koontz
...but somehow the madness around me and the turmoil I carried within myself acted as counterweights, and I survived in the centre. -- Laurie R. King
I leave the world in terrible turmoil. I come back, same turmoil. Nothing at all different. Well, outfits are a little different... -- Joss Whedon
If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity. -- B.K.S. Iyengar
The thrills, the turmoil, the passion, the stunning surprises of that roller coaster ride in '72 caused our emotions to run wild -- Harry Sinden
We in a sense went for the Bernie Sanders model OK? Now we're also in turmoil as a result of this result. -- Tony Blair
But Mike was like a Bjork song-all happy and giddy and fun on the surface, but bubbling with turmoil and pain underneath. -- Sara Shepard
I don't think 'Dark Heart' has to be malevolent. It conveys a sense of depth. There is a sense of questioning turmoil. -- Patricia Piccinini
Faith is acting in the face of contrary evidence. The senses declare, "It cannot be," but Faith shouts above the turmoil, "It is!" -- E.W. Kenyon
In my view, [the trade deficit] will create political turmoil at some point...Pretty soon, I think there will be a big adjustment. -- Warren Buffett
In order to get to a healthier and more productive place, we need to give up our fear of conflict, turmoil and resistance. -- John M. Gottman
In a dream I cannot see tangled abstract phallacy random turmoil builds in me i'm a addicted to chaos -Megadeth, Addicted to Chaos -- Sherrilyn Kenyon
My passion strengthens daily to quit political turmoil, and retire into the bosom of my family, the only scene of sincere and purehappiness. -- Thomas Jefferson
I brought Hassanâ??s son from Afghanistan to America, lifting him from the certainty of turmoil and dropping him in a turmoil of uncertainty -- Khaled Hosseini
They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence. -- Frank Herbert
The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested -- Michael M. Honda
The turmoil that my dad went through, and then by extension, the kids went though, was profound and disastrous for the marriage, for the family. -- Bryan Cranston
The creative person finds himself in a state of turmoil, restlessness, emptiness, and unbearable frustration unless he expresses his inner life in some creative way. -- Silvano Arieti
He led the state through a budget crisis, natural disasters, and political turmoil, working across party lines for a better environment, election reforms, and bipartisan solutions. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
With people increasingly faced with turmoil, uncertainty and crisis, I wanted to create music that uplifts the listener and offers a sense of hope to prevail. -- Clifton Anderson
This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It dissolves mental tensions and heals negative emotions. -- Paul Brunton
What is the true test of character unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When commenting on the turmoil and disorder of the world, If the other planets are inhabited, they must be using this earth as their insane asylum. -- George Bernard Shaw
In a world of turmoil and uncertainty, it is more important than ever to make our families the center of our lives and the top of our priorities. -- L. Tom Perry
It stood calm against the suburban storm raging around it. The thunder screamed across the sky; it slapped the clouds into a heated turmoil that flew towards the south. -- J.D. Stroube
I do have that mindset - that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath. -- Ben Folds
I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine occupations. -- Queen Victoria
Never before in modern times has so much of the world been simultaneously hit by a confluence of economic and financial turmoil such as we are now living through -- Timothy Geithner

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