"I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly."

Time, Life, Jazz

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"I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly."

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"The future is what matters - because one never reaches it, but always stays in the present - like the White Queen who had to run like the wind to remain in the same spot."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Time, Future, Present, Philosophy

"Time takes it all whether you want it to or not, time takes it all. Time bares it away, and in the end there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Time rises and rises, and when it reaches the level of your eyes you drown."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"Time heals all wounds."

Stephen King, American Author

Time, Truth, Life, Wisdom, Future

"There are those of us who learn to live completely in the moment. For such people the Past vanishes and the future loses meaning. There is only the Present, which means that two of the three Aalim are surplus to requirements. And then there are those of us who are trapped in yesterdays, in the memory of a lost love, or a childhood home, or a dreadful crime. And some people live only for a better tomorrow; for them the past ceases to exist."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

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"Twelve minutes. I can give you that."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Time, Truth, Happiness, Power, Inspirational

"We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words 'Too Late'."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

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"We went to the New York World's Fair, saw what the past had been like, according to the Ford Motor Car Company and Walt Disney, saw what the future would be like, according to General Motors. And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Time, Past, Future, Present, Reflection

"Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves."

George Matthew Adams, American Philosopher

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"Dylan can do no wrong."

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"I'll sleep when I'm dead."

Sleep

"Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off."

Error

"It took me 10 years to realize that I don't know 'em, 10 years to realize that it's possible to learn them, then another 10 years to learn how to do things."

Years

"My memory is not even what most people's is, much less what it oughta be for a discussion like this."

People

"Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time."

Time

"That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business."

Business

"The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano."

Being

"My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums."

First

"So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on."

Years