"The first time I was in his office was when they called me in to tell me they had changed my name. I had a feeling that if I'd gone along with the name they'd chosen, I'd never be seen again. I'd be swallowed up by that name, because it was a false name: Kit Marlowe."

Time, Feeling, First, Name

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"The first time I was in his office was when they called me in to tell me they had changed my name. I had a feeling that if I'd gone along with the name they'd chosen, I'd never be seen again. I'd be swallowed up by that name, because it was a false name: Kit Marlowe."

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"We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies on accountability, responsibility, and phasing down the scope of our military commitment."

Earl Blumenauer, American Politician

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"You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much."

Bernadette Peters, American Actress

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"When you see a girl like me bustin' perps, there ain't no time to be pretty."

Mariska Hargitay, American Actress

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"I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

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"If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it."

Nikki Giovanni, American Poet

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"I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own."

H. G. Wells, English Author

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"There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

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"I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18."

Talib Kweli, American Musician

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"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored."

Earl Nightingale, American Entertainer

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"When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave."

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"The script was always the most important thing to me and I loved the script. For one thing, I've always admired trees. I just worship them. Think what trees have witnessed, what history, such as living through the Civil War, yet they still survive."

History, War, Living, Trees

"My first day at MGM they decided to bring this lion out, male, and it was not the best time for him to see me. All of a sudden he thought I was in heat and this lion went into the dressing room, which was just a trailer on the sound stage, and went crazy."

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"I tried so hard with movies like Vertigo and Middle of the Night and others. I felt those would show me that it's only a matter of time before I'd find the right one to reach out and touch people."

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"I live way out in the country, so there's not a lot of people around to remind me. And my friends don't think of me as 'Kim Novak' anymore anyway. It's like they forgot, too. And so it's nice."

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"Just touching that old tree was truly moving to me because when you touch these trees, you have such a sense of the passage of time, of history. It's like you're touching the essence, the very substance of life."

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"For every answer, I like to bring up a question. Maybe I'm related to Alfred Hitchcock or maybe I got to know him too well, but I think life should be that way."

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"I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star."

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"I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful."

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"I don't think you want to give all the answers, but I think every answer you do give should bring up another question, and not all questions should be answered."

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"I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that."

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