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"But I don't write so much now, because they're too painful."

"But I don't write so much now, because they're too painful."

Bryan Ferry, English Musician

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"If I don't get you now, I'll get you later."

"If I don't get you now, I'll get you later."

Marion Motley, American Athlete

36

"Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen."

"Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen."

Bob Edwards, American Journalist

36

"That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now?"

"That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now?"

Chris Elliott, American Comedian

36

"What you know not now you will know hereafter."

"What you know not now you will know hereafter."

Joanna Southcott, English Celebrity

36

"I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy."

"I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy."

Max Born, German Mathematician

Now, Philosophy, Physics

36

"I'm in a great rage now, as I understand how many lives we have lost."

"I'm in a great rage now, as I understand how many lives we have lost."

Stephen Lewis, Canadian Politician

36

"At Kansas City, Kansas, before the saloons were closed, they were getting ready to build an addition to the jail. Now the doors swing idly on the hinges and there is nobody to lock in the jails."

"At Kansas City, Kansas, before the saloons were closed, they were getting ready to build an addition to the jail. Now the doors swing idly on the hinges and there is nobody to lock in the jails."

Billy Sunday, American Clergyman

36

"You never know in a movie if it's going to be a sequel, but right now I'm proud of what we produced."

"You never know in a movie if it's going to be a sequel, but right now I'm proud of what we produced."

Jeff Goldblum, American Actor

36

"Salads was a big indicator of that - there was a huge market out there for it. And why not tap it? Some of the things we are doing now around the globe are responding to customers. It's not because some guy sued you."

"Salads was a big indicator of that - there was a huge market out there for it. And why not tap it? Some of the things we are doing now around the globe are responding to customers. It's not because some guy sued you."

Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

36

"Well, there are more writers of blogs right now than there are readers, so that's clearly a vanity phenomenon."

"Well, there are more writers of blogs right now than there are readers, so that's clearly a vanity phenomenon."

John Doerr, American Businessman

Now, Right, Vanity, Writers

36

"But I can't remember who is in my CD player now."

"But I can't remember who is in my CD player now."

Eric Roberts, American Actor

36

"Right now I'm just thinking about school and trying to get those grades and keep them up! In case I become a Norma Desmond when I grow up, I can have something to fall back on!"

"Right now I'm just thinking about school and trying to get those grades and keep them up! In case I become a Norma Desmond when I grow up, I can have something to fall back on!"

Anna Chlumsky, American Actress

Now, Right, School, Thinking

36

"I think maybe ten years from now, I'm hopefully going to be, in like, Tahiti or something. Kicking back like in my huge mansion, if everything goes right, it's all up to me."

"I think maybe ten years from now, I'm hopefully going to be, in like, Tahiti or something. Kicking back like in my huge mansion, if everything goes right, it's all up to me."

Corey Haim, Canadian Actor

Now, Right, Years

36

"Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding would make cults even more of a problem than they are now."

"Cult recruiting methods based on dosing victims with the brain chemicals released during capture bonding would make cults even more of a problem than they are now."

Keith Henson, American Scientist

36

"Now, what we are not talking about, what you're really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you're doing, what you're trying to express."

"Now, what we are not talking about, what you're really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you're doing, what you're trying to express."

Leo Ornstein, American Composer

Now, Talking, Trying

36

"He said it was artificial respiration, but now I find I am to have his child."

"He said it was artificial respiration, but now I find I am to have his child."

Anthony Burgess, English Novelist

36

"Now I have to have the biggest P.O. box in the entire post office to get all the manuscripts coming in."

"Now I have to have the biggest P.O. box in the entire post office to get all the manuscripts coming in."

Susie Bright, American Writer

Now, Office, Post

36

"And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice."

"And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice."

Katey Sagal, American Athlete

Now, Spirit, Voice, Will

36

"It is a little weird now, going over to Heath's place. It's like, 'Hi Heath, hi Nomes.' Very strange!"

"It is a little weird now, going over to Heath's place. It's like, 'Hi Heath, hi Nomes.' Very strange!"

Martin Henderson, New Zealander Actor

36

"I'm a writer. Now I've started to be on television. I have a big mouth. And I have good TV teeth, they say."

"I'm a writer. Now I've started to be on television. I have a big mouth. And I have good TV teeth, they say."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

Now, Television, Writer

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"I really dig the scene that's happening now, I really do, because there might be a lot of bad things going on, but if out of all of those bad things ten per cent of the groovy part of it stays, wow... you can't beat that."

"I really dig the scene that's happening now, I really do, because there might be a lot of bad things going on, but if out of all of those bad things ten per cent of the groovy part of it stays, wow... you can't beat that."

Bruce Johnston, American Musician

36

"I have shaved my head. My flowing locks are now quite a bit shorter."

"I have shaved my head. My flowing locks are now quite a bit shorter."

David Ginola, French Athlete

36

"I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers."

"I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers."

Michael Palin, British Comedian

36

"I can turn on the radio right now and be inspired."

"I can turn on the radio right now and be inspired."

Courtney Love, American Musician

36

"What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get older, which is a very good thing as you know - you don't want them to get older as you get older."

"What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get older, which is a very good thing as you know - you don't want them to get older as you get older."

Russell Banks, American Author

36

"Now I'm doing more snowboarding but I have to get back into surfing again."

"Now I'm doing more snowboarding but I have to get back into surfing again."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

36

"The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LA."

"The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LA."

Harry Dean Stanton, American Actor

Now, Play, Years

36

"Yes, I loved MASH. As we are sitting here now talking, it's playing somewhere in the world."

"Yes, I loved MASH. As we are sitting here now talking, it's playing somewhere in the world."

Wayne Rogers, American Actor

Now, Talking, World

36

"But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me."

"But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me."

Laura Prepon, American Actress

36

"I would be surprised if there weren't some owners who didn't want to get a deal done right now and get back to playing hockey."

"I would be surprised if there weren't some owners who didn't want to get a deal done right now and get back to playing hockey."

Luke Richardson, British Hockey Player

Now, Right, Want

36

"There are a lot of young players here right now, and these guys are going to eventually learn as they go. Next year we can't use that as an excuse that we had so many young players on the team."

"There are a lot of young players here right now, and these guys are going to eventually learn as they go. Next year we can't use that as an excuse that we had so many young players on the team."

Jerry Rice, American Athlete

36

"These places, and the ancient things you know, You won't know soon. I'm working on it now.'"

"These places, and the ancient things you know, You won't know soon. I'm working on it now.'"

Andrew Motion, English Poet

36

"Now everybody's sampling."

"Now everybody's sampling."

Missy Elliot, American Musician

36

"What was once underground is now coming to the surface."

"What was once underground is now coming to the surface."

Gavin Bryars, English Composer

36

"I live on a ranch in Utah for now, but I'm gonna move. I've got another ranch to move to, but its location is a secret. When I get there, I'm gonna plow the road in behind me."

"I live on a ranch in Utah for now, but I'm gonna move. I've got another ranch to move to, but its location is a secret. When I get there, I'm gonna plow the road in behind me."

Wilford Brimley, American Actor

36

"Old is always fifteen years from now."

"Old is always fifteen years from now."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

Now, Old, Years

36

"They drove a long way through the snowy woods, till they came to the town of Pepin. Mary and Laura had seen it once before, but it looked different now."

"They drove a long way through the snowy woods, till they came to the town of Pepin. Mary and Laura had seen it once before, but it looked different now."

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American Author

36

"Now I'm at the point where I can bring the cursor just about anywhere."

"Now I'm at the point where I can bring the cursor just about anywhere."

Matt Nagle, American Scientist

36

"I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me."

"I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me."

Freddie Mercury, British Musician

Now, Rest, World

36

"I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now."

"I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now."

Sarah Zettel, American Author

36

"So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done."

"So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done."

Diane Lane, American Actress

36

"I think we should put the same weight now on the co-factors as we have on HIV."

"I think we should put the same weight now on the co-factors as we have on HIV."

Luc Montagnier, French Scientist

36

"I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly."

"I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly."

Jo Brand, British Comedian

35

"Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved."

"Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved."

Jane Alexander, American Actress

35

"They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."

"They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."

Arthur Harris, British Soldier

35

"When we finished the tour we had been writing together for a year. We moved forward from there and have just now finished our record. We're having a new record out in the Spring."

"When we finished the tour we had been writing together for a year. We moved forward from there and have just now finished our record. We're having a new record out in the Spring."

Kathy Valentine, American Musician

Now, Spring, Writing

35

"We transported eight giraffes, and there are now nine because one gave birth to a male shortly afterwards. They carry their pregnancies very well-they all looked the same."

"We transported eight giraffes, and there are now nine because one gave birth to a male shortly afterwards. They carry their pregnancies very well-they all looked the same."

Joanna Lumley, English Actress

35

"Now here I am playing a passionate young Irishman who would die for what he believes in."

"Now here I am playing a passionate young Irishman who would die for what he believes in."

James D'arcy, British Actor

35

"It's good to be playing one and a half hour again. In the States we played like an hour and when you got onstage it felt like all of a sudden you are already done your set. But now, it feels like we are touring again."

"It's good to be playing one and a half hour again. In the States we played like an hour and when you got onstage it felt like all of a sudden you are already done your set. But now, it feels like we are touring again."

Kerry King, American Musician

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