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"I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this."

"I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

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"I am as hungry now as I was when I began in the sport. If anything, I am probably a bit hungrier. It is because I know there are fewer tomorrows than yesterdays."

"I am as hungry now as I was when I began in the sport. If anything, I am probably a bit hungrier. It is because I know there are fewer tomorrows than yesterdays."

Allen Johnson, American Athlete

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"I have no shortage of material or offers, it's just a case of what you select to do. But I think it's realistic that my chances of playing Romeo are now over."

"I have no shortage of material or offers, it's just a case of what you select to do. But I think it's realistic that my chances of playing Romeo are now over."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

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"I was formerly so stuck into plans. I can now live more spontaneously. This I want not yet to give away."

"I was formerly so stuck into plans. I can now live more spontaneously. This I want not yet to give away."

Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian Athlete

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"Things are more like they are now than they ever were before."

"Things are more like they are now than they ever were before."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"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

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"I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going."

"I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going."

Gary Cole, American Actor

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"Now I can't wait to write my next play."

"Now I can't wait to write my next play."

Scott Caan, American Actor

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"In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'"

"In my youth there were words you couldn't say in front of a girl; now you can't say 'girl.'"

Tom Lehrer, American Musician

Now, Words, Youth

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"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

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"Well, we're just now seeing the reductions in mortgage rates. The mortgage rates are based on the ten-year rate and the Fed controls the overnight or the shorter rates."

"Well, we're just now seeing the reductions in mortgage rates. The mortgage rates are based on the ten-year rate and the Fed controls the overnight or the shorter rates."

Franklin Raines, American Businessman

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"Now I am careful about the kind of roles that I do."

"Now I am careful about the kind of roles that I do."

Rajendra Prasad, Indian Statesman

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"When you stop comparing what is right here and now with what you wish were, you can begin to enjoy what is."

"When you stop comparing what is right here and now with what you wish were, you can begin to enjoy what is."

Cheri Huber, American Philosopher

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"What we're saying now is you have a choice: You can stay, or you can go away."

"What we're saying now is you have a choice: You can stay, or you can go away."

Paul Kantner, American Musician

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"When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw your taxes."

"When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw your taxes."

Don Drysdale, American Athlete

Now, Taxes, World

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"My most intimate secrets? Well, if I told you those they wouldn't be secrets now, would they? Seriously though I don't have too many secrets. I'm a very open and honest person, sometimes too honest for my own good."

"My most intimate secrets? Well, if I told you those they wouldn't be secrets now, would they? Seriously though I don't have too many secrets. I'm a very open and honest person, sometimes too honest for my own good."

Paul Kane, English Writer

Now, Open, Secrets

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"We've given more resources. On housing, we are now establishing a regional housing pot."

"We've given more resources. On housing, we are now establishing a regional housing pot."

John Prescott, British Politician

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"You know, if I wrote the arrangements two years from now, they would probably be a lot slicker."

"You know, if I wrote the arrangements two years from now, they would probably be a lot slicker."

Bruce Johnston, American Musician

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"Praise now is one of the great duties of the redeemed. It will be their employment for ever."

"Praise now is one of the great duties of the redeemed. It will be their employment for ever."

Albert Barnes, American Theologian

Now, Praise, Will

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"I really do the conventions now for two reasons."

"I really do the conventions now for two reasons."

Rene Auberjonois, American Actor

3

"If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now."

"If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now."

Sam Farr, American Politician

3

"It is easily overlooked that what is now called vintage was once brand new."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

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"This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any Trade."

"This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any Trade."

A. P. Herbert, English Statesman

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"Now look, that damned cowboy is President of the United States."

"Now look, that damned cowboy is President of the United States."

Marcus A. Hanna, American Politician

Now, President, States, United

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"Now all my teachers are dead except silence."

"Now all my teachers are dead except silence."

W. S. Merwin, American Poet

Now, Silence, Teachers

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"My big places to shop are Wal-Mart and Target - seriously. That is where half of my stuff comes from now."

"My big places to shop are Wal-Mart and Target - seriously. That is where half of my stuff comes from now."

Kelly Preston, American Actress

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"I often look at a lot of Doctor Who stuff that's about now, which no one has approached me about."

"I often look at a lot of Doctor Who stuff that's about now, which no one has approached me about."

Sarah Sutton, British Actress

3

"I do dig the White Stripes. I like the record they have out now."

"I do dig the White Stripes. I like the record they have out now."

Charlie Hunter, American Musician

3

"I have been recording for five decades now."

"I have been recording for five decades now."

Chuck Mangione, American Musician

3

"If any have a stone to throw It is not I, ever or now."

"If any have a stone to throw It is not I, ever or now."

Elinor Wylie, American Poet

3

"I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola."

"I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola."

Adam Savage, American Entertainer

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"It is too late; now I wish I could live."

"It is too late; now I wish I could live."

John Buford, American Soldier

3

"Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?"

"Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?"

Kevin Spacey, American Actor

Now, Secrets, Want

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"I like what I'm doing. Today at 88, I wouldn't think of quitting because I can't think of anything else I would rather do. And now with my lectures on all the charitable things that I do, just as you do, I think that what I'm doing matters."

"I like what I'm doing. Today at 88, I wouldn't think of quitting because I can't think of anything else I would rather do. And now with my lectures on all the charitable things that I do, just as you do, I think that what I'm doing matters."

Art Linkletter, American Journalist

Now, Quitting, Today

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"I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape."

"I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape."

Jack Henry Abbott, American Author

Now, Routine, Years

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"The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms."

"The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms."

Dylan Moran, Irish Comedian

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"So now, cut to ten years later, and I'm making this amazing contract with Pantene. It's incredible."

"So now, cut to ten years later, and I'm making this amazing contract with Pantene. It's incredible."

Maria Menounos, American Actress

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"What we are witnessing now is a clash of civilisations, not just between states but within them."

"What we are witnessing now is a clash of civilisations, not just between states but within them."

Pim Fortuyn, Dutch Politician

3

"I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005."

"I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005."

Obie Trice, American Musician

3

"Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better."

"Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better."

Andy Partridge, British Musician

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"I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that they are among the most interesting that I have ever seen."

"I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that they are among the most interesting that I have ever seen."

Edward Forbes, British Scientist

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"You're only as good as you are now - not as good as you were before."

"You're only as good as you are now - not as good as you were before."

Andreas Katsulas, American Actor

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"Now this really is something to put on the mantelpiece."

"Now this really is something to put on the mantelpiece."

Mary Leakey, British Scientist

3

"Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel."

"Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel."

Gore Vidal, American Novelist

Now, Television

3

"They disallowed this and disallowed that, and now I can't even get my head above water!"

"They disallowed this and disallowed that, and now I can't even get my head above water!"

Bud Abbott, American Actor

3

"What Ottawa and Washington used to think about Turkey or Iran was not very important because we really didn't think much about either, but now what we think about them is extremely important - to ourselves and to many other peoples."

"What Ottawa and Washington used to think about Turkey or Iran was not very important because we really didn't think much about either, but now what we think about them is extremely important - to ourselves and to many other peoples."

Arthur H. Sulzberger, American Publisher

Now, Turkey, Washington

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"I'm now the hitting the instructor with the Cleveland Indians."

"I'm now the hitting the instructor with the Cleveland Indians."

Eddie Murray, American Athlete

3

"Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously."

"Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously."

Walter Jon Williams, American Writer

3

"And I now think that Stratocasters and Telecasters are way cool."

"And I now think that Stratocasters and Telecasters are way cool."

John Fogerty, American Musician

3

"As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat."

"As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat."

James Weldon Johnson, American Poet

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