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"In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience."

"In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience."

Randal Kleiser, American Director

Now, Order, Style, Today

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"I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness."

"I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

2

"I'm writing a new book right now that is like an erotica manifesto."

"I'm writing a new book right now that is like an erotica manifesto."

Susie Bright, American Writer

Now, Right, Writing

2

"The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now."

"The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now."

Aaliyah, American Musician

2

"You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award."

"You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award."

John Corigliano, American Composer

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"Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product."

"Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product."

Stan Getz, American Musician

2

"Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!"

"Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!"

George Rogers Clark, American Soldier

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"A lot of the things that until now seemed unthinkable are starting to be thinkable."

"A lot of the things that until now seemed unthinkable are starting to be thinkable."

Nick Johnson, American Athlete

2

"It's great to be able to get up there now and do an hour or 75 minutes of songs they're familiar with."

"It's great to be able to get up there now and do an hour or 75 minutes of songs they're familiar with."

Trace Adkins, American Musician

2

"I want more muscles! I go to the gym three or four times a week with a personal trainer. I can afford that now. I can't put on weight though, no matter how much I eat."

"I want more muscles! I go to the gym three or four times a week with a personal trainer. I can afford that now. I can't put on weight though, no matter how much I eat."

Christopher Parker, English Actor

Now, Want, Weight

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"Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out of proportion."

"Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out of proportion."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

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"In the past, TSR and now Wizards of the Coast have asked me to do game stats for my characters, and I'm never comfortable doing that. It's all relative after all."

"In the past, TSR and now Wizards of the Coast have asked me to do game stats for my characters, and I'm never comfortable doing that. It's all relative after all."

R. A. Salvatore, American Author

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"This writer, and all others of his stamp, should remember that the colonies are now in a state of revolt and rebellion against their rightful sovereign."

"This writer, and all others of his stamp, should remember that the colonies are now in a state of revolt and rebellion against their rightful sovereign."

James Chalmers, Scottish Inventor

Now, Rebellion, State, Writer

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"The world now knows that Steve Perry is welcome to come and sing with us anytime he wants."

"The world now knows that Steve Perry is welcome to come and sing with us anytime he wants."

Neil Schon, American Musician

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"I was now ordered to have my writings copied, and put into the printer's hand."

"I was now ordered to have my writings copied, and put into the printer's hand."

Joanna Southcott, English Celebrity

2

"I was on a game show and now I'm the game show girl who got a movie. That's how I consider myself."

"I was on a game show and now I'm the game show girl who got a movie. That's how I consider myself."

Colleen Haskell, American Celebrity

2

"I have lost everything, and I am so poor now that I really cannot afford to let anything worry me."

"I have lost everything, and I am so poor now that I really cannot afford to let anything worry me."

Joseph Jefferson, American Artist

Now, Poor, Worry

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"Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing."

"Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

2

"It's a tough marketplace right now... It is very compressed... A turnaround is likely to happen quicker than before."

"It's a tough marketplace right now... It is very compressed... A turnaround is likely to happen quicker than before."

Peter Chernin, American Executive

2

"If I were to write Web now, it would be a much, much darker book."

"If I were to write Web now, it would be a much, much darker book."

John M. Ford, American Writer

2

"I'd get into a room and disappear into the woodwork. Now the rooms are so crowded with reporters getting behind-the-scenes stories that nobody can get behind-the-scenes stories."

"I'd get into a room and disappear into the woodwork. Now the rooms are so crowded with reporters getting behind-the-scenes stories that nobody can get behind-the-scenes stories."

Theodore White, American Journalist

2

"And never - not in a single case - was the explanation, 'I was pressured to do this.' The explanation was very often, 'The limited data we had led one to reasonably conclude this. I now see that there's another explanation for it.'"

"And never - not in a single case - was the explanation, 'I was pressured to do this.' The explanation was very often, 'The limited data we had led one to reasonably conclude this. I now see that there's another explanation for it.'"

David Kay, American Scientist

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"Schools used to fund-raise for luxuries, like a trip to the water slides. Now, we fund-raise for things we have to have."

"Schools used to fund-raise for luxuries, like a trip to the water slides. Now, we fund-raise for things we have to have."

Kirk Gibson, American Athlete

Now, Schools, Water

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"It's like Branson. When I went to Branson there was only 4 acts in there. Now, you can't count 'em. There's so many theatres now, that only the strong will survive."

"It's like Branson. When I went to Branson there was only 4 acts in there. Now, you can't count 'em. There's so many theatres now, that only the strong will survive."

Mickey Gilley, American Musician

2

"Back then when Chomsky and Herman wrote, the left, myself among them, all knew that something terrible was happening in Vietnam, though most now claim to remember otherwise."

"Back then when Chomsky and Herman wrote, the left, myself among them, all knew that something terrible was happening in Vietnam, though most now claim to remember otherwise."

James Donald, Scottish Actor

2

"If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you to speak out?"

"If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you to speak out?"

Jim Hightower, American Activist

2

"Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets."

"Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets."

Edward Teller, American Physicist

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"I have been in the series for over 3 years - 3 series. There will be a fourth series next year which of course I won't be in because I'm now dead. So in total I appeared in 25 episodes."

"I have been in the series for over 3 years - 3 series. There will be a fourth series next year which of course I won't be in because I'm now dead. So in total I appeared in 25 episodes."

Richard Briers, English Actor

Now, Will, Years

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"Differences are scarier now. The dollar isn't so guaranteed if you don't follow what they see as the norm. But I don't moan about it. I just keep working."

"Differences are scarier now. The dollar isn't so guaranteed if you don't follow what they see as the norm. But I don't moan about it. I just keep working."

Marlee Matlin, American Actress

2

"It's tougher when you're established. Before, I'd see 13, 14, 15 pitches that I could drive in a game. Now, I see one, two or three, so I have to be better."

"It's tougher when you're established. Before, I'd see 13, 14, 15 pitches that I could drive in a game. Now, I see one, two or three, so I have to be better."

Alex Rodriguez, American Athlete

2

"Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography."

"Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography."

Graeme Murphy, Australian Dancer

2

"VX is now a dead issue... It is political, really."

"VX is now a dead issue... It is political, really."

Saadi, Iranian Poet

2

"Old is always fifteen years from now."

"Old is always fifteen years from now."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

Now, Old, Years

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"You have to be young to be able to do things like that. Now I'm more cautious. I'm proud that I was able to do what I did - psychologically it was a great wall to climb - but sometimes I regret it."

"You have to be young to be able to do things like that. Now I'm more cautious. I'm proud that I was able to do what I did - psychologically it was a great wall to climb - but sometimes I regret it."

Mathias Rust, German Celebrity

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"We sometimes freeze the specimen with liquid nitrogen, which is extremely cold, you know. This is another technique we use now - but the specimens are not alive."

"We sometimes freeze the specimen with liquid nitrogen, which is extremely cold, you know. This is another technique we use now - but the specimens are not alive."

Lennart Nilsson, Swedish Photographer

2

"Pollock looks unusual and radical even now."

"Pollock looks unusual and radical even now."

Donald Judd, American Artist

2

"Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now."

"Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now."

Carly Patterson, American Athlete

Now, Right, Russia

2

"Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard."

"Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard."

Barry Pepper, Canadian Actor

2

"I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then."

"I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then."

Jimmy Buffett, American Musician

2

"You are not, nor ever will be, better than anyone else besides the person you are now."

"You are not, nor ever will be, better than anyone else besides the person you are now."

Bo Bennett, American Businessman

2

"I'm used to a very busy schedule. Right now it revolves around training and preparing for Nationals in January. I'm usually at the rink from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and then I attend public school for two hours, three times per week."

"I'm used to a very busy schedule. Right now it revolves around training and preparing for Nationals in January. I'm usually at the rink from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and then I attend public school for two hours, three times per week."

Sasha Cohen, American Athlete

Now, Public, Right, School

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"Oh, if I had only known then what I know now, I would have stopped it last year when I was still young."

"Oh, if I had only known then what I know now, I would have stopped it last year when I was still young."

Anna Lee, English Actress

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"They're hit writers. They're gonna write me a hit whether I wanted it or not you know? I could have put out a single a year ago with the Neptunes and maybe been writing now on top but that was not the path that I chose."

"They're hit writers. They're gonna write me a hit whether I wanted it or not you know? I could have put out a single a year ago with the Neptunes and maybe been writing now on top but that was not the path that I chose."

Willa Ford, American Musician

Now, Writers, Writing

2

"I'm in my 10th generation of TV critic now."

"I'm in my 10th generation of TV critic now."

Geraldo Rivera, American Journalist

2

"Now I get to pick and choose exactly what I want to do."

"Now I get to pick and choose exactly what I want to do."

Verne Troyer, American Actor

2

"If you don't know by now, you're never going to know."

"If you don't know by now, you're never going to know."

Jermaine Dupri, American Musician

2

"If I was starting off now, I would probably have taken one or two different turnings along the way."

"If I was starting off now, I would probably have taken one or two different turnings along the way."

Len G. Murray, Scottish Lawyer

2

"I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26 years now."

"I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26 years now."

Jim Harrison, American Writer

2

"Right now I'm 185, which is really good for me yet very hard for me to maintain. My weight seems high for the average woman, but I've got big bones and I'm maintaining muscle."

"Right now I'm 185, which is really good for me yet very hard for me to maintain. My weight seems high for the average woman, but I've got big bones and I'm maintaining muscle."

Lisa Leslie, American Athlete

Now, Right, Weight, Woman

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"Having gone through all of this, I feel in some ways calmer now. It's strange, but sad. I think I'll always be sad."

"Having gone through all of this, I feel in some ways calmer now. It's strange, but sad. I think I'll always be sad."

Nicole Kidman, Australian Actress

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