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If superstition could contradict science, the world may as well be on the back of a turtle. But giving into turtle worship was a bridge too far.


Thomm Quackenbush

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OGDEN NASH The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks
Which practically conceal its sex.
I think it clever of t...
OGDEN NASH The turtle moves.
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BILL COPELAND Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.
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HENRY JAMES If you want success in life, then just learn how to walk like a turtle instead of flying.
VIKRANT PARSAI Robert Turtle is the father I've always wanted.
PAIGE LOVE ROSE(PAIGE LIPSEY) A turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out
SOURCE UNKNOWN Turtle came in and did a great job for us.
JASON ABERCROMBIE A turtle travels only when it sticks its neck out
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
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ROBERT POWELL You may as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward
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ROBERT BROWNING I think we might be going a bridge too far.
SIR FREDERICK BROWNING Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.
LOU GERSTNER Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.
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IRIS APFEL Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
JAMES B. CONANT Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.
JAMES BRYANT CONANT Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
JAMES BRYANT CONANT Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
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