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Quotes About Turkey

The Turkish government is very famous for hunting down those who oppose Erdogan... I just didn't really want to risk my life by going to Europe where Erdogan's long arms are everywhere.
~ Enes Kanter
When I say all of this stuff about Turkey, people don't understand. They think I don't like Turkey. I love Turkey. I love my people. I love Turkish food and everything. But my problem is with the government.
~ Enes Kanter
The United States and Turkey are the only two countries that don't have some kind of subsidy for the Arts. The whole culture in society has made certain films more acceptable. I turned down so many films in the '60s and '70s.
~ Alex North
Turning away Turkey from the EU would be a great, long-term - a century-long - error by Europe.
~ William Hague
Turkey wants to be treated by the same standards as other countries. If you compare us to some other newly accepted EU members our performance, especially in terms of the economy, is much better.
~ Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey is taking advantage of the war in order to thoroughly liquidate its internal foes, i.e., the indigenous Christians, without being thereby disturbed by foreign intervention.
~ Talaat Pasha
Well the most likely emerging countries are Japan, Turkey, and Poland. So I would say Eastern Europe, the Middle East and a maritime war by Japan with the United States enjoying its own pleasures.
~ George Friedman
I can either eat the expired turkey meat in the fridge, hoping it will cause me illness so great that no one can deny my need to visit the emergency room, or at the very least, stay home in bed.
~ Susan Lee
Is that the standard protocol here?" asks the Head Peacekeeper. "Yes, sir," Purnia says, and several others nod in agreement. I'm sure none of them actually know because, in the Hob, the standard protocol for someone showing up with a wild turkey is for everybody to bid on the drumsticks.
~ Suzanne Collins
there is no other way to produce a forecast without being a turkey somewhere, particularly in the complex environment in which we live today.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
We can also see from the turkey story the mother of all harmful mistakes: mistaking absence of evidence (of harm) for evidence of absence
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
love iz a big fat turkey and every day iz thanksgiving
~ Charles Bukowski
I went to the kitchen and felt-up the turkey.
~ Charles Bukowski
That poor organic turkey had had a rough Christmas.
~ Charles Bukowski
Quit puzzling over it. The worst you can do is fail to kill a turkey and there's not a hunter in the world hasn't done that. Go on.
~ Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain
It was a bright, defrosted, pussy-willow day at the onset of spring, and the newlyweds were driving cross-country in a large roast turkey.
~ Tom Robbins
A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.
~ Kin Hubbard
The overly health-conscious among us have tried to rain on the bacon parade by promoting low fat (and low flavor) options, such as turkey bacon. Turkey bacon. It's like saying "shoot" instead of "shit." It just doesn't quite carry the moment.
~ George Takei
They'd just left when Zsadist came in at a dead run. "Shit, shit, shit…" What's doing, my brother?" "I'm teaching and I'm late." Zsadist grabbed a sleeve of bagels, a turkey leg out of the refridge and a quart of ice cream from the freezer. "Shit." "That's your breakfast?" "Shut up. It's almost a turkey sandwich.
~ J.R. Ward
That's the ultimate goal of most turkey recipes: to create a great skin and stuffing to hide the fact that turkey meat, in its cooked state, is dry and flavorless. Does it have to be that way? No. We just have to focus on what the turkey is and what the turkey needs.
~ Alton Brown
In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated.
~ Joe Wurzelbacher
Maybe we should wait until after Thanksgiving for the dog. Thanksgiving is so soon! Aren't you excited?" "I hate all holidays.
~ Tao Lin
For children, Thanksgiving is about turkey and Christmas is about presents. Grown up, you learn that all holidays are about family, and few can win there.
~ Tayari Jones
in reference to turkey bowling] He [Tommy] squinted and picked his target, then took his steps and sent the bird sliding down the aisle. A collective gasp rose from the crew as the fourteen-pound, self-basting, fresh-frozen projectile of wholesome savory goodness plowed into the soap bottles like a freight train into a chorus line of drunken grandmothers.
~ Christopher Moore