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"I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for everyone to be performers and to do the things they do now."

"I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for everyone to be performers and to do the things they do now."

Jackie DeShannon, American Musician

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"I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now."

"I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now."

Lesley Garrett, English Musician

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"Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now."

"Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

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"If I have anything to say against Obama it's not because I'm a racist, it's because I don't like what he's doing as President and anybody should be able to feel that way, but what I find now is that if you say anything against him you're called a racist."

"If I have anything to say against Obama it's not because I'm a racist, it's because I don't like what he's doing as President and anybody should be able to feel that way, but what I find now is that if you say anything against him you're called a racist."

Angie Harmon, American Model

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"I'm a grown-up now, and I value the training I had."

"I'm a grown-up now, and I value the training I had."

Christina Applegate, American Actress

Now, Training, Value

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"The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that."

"The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that."

Leif Garrett, American Musician

Now, Trying, Want

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"The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bought it when I was downtown this morning."

"The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bought it when I was downtown this morning."

Harrison Salisbury, American Journalist

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"I am actually going to two therapists right now. I don't know, I actually feel like therapy has just made me more uncomfortable."

"I am actually going to two therapists right now. I don't know, I actually feel like therapy has just made me more uncomfortable."

Jesse Eisenberg, American Actor

Now, Right, Therapy

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"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

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"And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done."

"And maybe I'm a little smarter now than I was before for all the stupid things I've done."

Herb Brooks, American Coach

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"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."

"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

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"You can almost taste the pressure now."

"You can almost taste the pressure now."

Vin Scully, American Celebrity

Now, Pressure, Taste

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"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

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"I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want to be."

"I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want to be."

Mary MacLane, Canadian Writer

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"I'll tell you right now. I'm for prayer in school."

"I'll tell you right now. I'm for prayer in school."

Kinky Friedman, American Musician

Now, Prayer, Right, School

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"Yeah. I have been with David Furnish for eight years, now."

"Yeah. I have been with David Furnish for eight years, now."

Elton John, English Musician

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"My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate."

"My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate."

Theodore Kaczynski, American Criminal

Now, Occupation

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"I try and write honestly about what I see around me now."

"I try and write honestly about what I see around me now."

Billy Bragg, British Musician

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"I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw, the worse things got for me musically."

"I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw, the worse things got for me musically."

Buck Owens, American Musician

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"Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul."

"Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul."

Billie Jean King, American Athlete

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"I'll be ready. I'm ready right now."

"I'll be ready. I'm ready right now."

Jeff Garcia, American Athlete

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"I walk into rooms and I don't know why I'm there. I'm like, 'Why am I standing in front of the toilet now?'"

"I walk into rooms and I don't know why I'm there. I'm like, 'Why am I standing in front of the toilet now?'"

Matthew Broderick, American Actor

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"I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I'm getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I'm just trying not to get into that sort of state again."

"I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I'm getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I'm just trying not to get into that sort of state again."

Stephen Fry, British Comedian

Now, State, Trying

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"I'm a lot more grounded now, a lot more settled in my skin."

"I'm a lot more grounded now, a lot more settled in my skin."

Clea Duvall, American Actress

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"Small changes done now would preserve Social Security at full benefit."

"Small changes done now would preserve Social Security at full benefit."

James Roosevelt, American Politician

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"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

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"I know now that it is going to be a tough and long road ahead of me."

"I know now that it is going to be a tough and long road ahead of me."

Susan Smith, American Criminal

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"What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world."

"What we learned on September 11 is that the unthinkable is now thinkable in the world."

John Ashcroft, American Public Servant

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"My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago."

"My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago."

Terry Brooks, American Writer

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"Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke."

"Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke."

Yul Brynner, American Actor

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"There are enough no smoking places now."

"There are enough no smoking places now."

David Hockney, English Artist

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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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"We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable."

"We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

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"I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. I would box them into a corner with a badly formed question, and they didn't know how to get out of it. Now, I let them take me through it step by step, and I listen."

"I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. I would box them into a corner with a badly formed question, and they didn't know how to get out of it. Now, I let them take me through it step by step, and I listen."

Alan Alda, American Actor

Now, Question, Questions

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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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"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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"I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach."

"I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach."

Bobby Knight, American Coach

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"It is now clear that major irregularities did not occur."

"It is now clear that major irregularities did not occur."

Baron Hill, American Politician

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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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"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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"After assembly complete, when we have a larger crew on orbit, a more complex vehicle, more laboratories and more robot arms, maybe we'll have room for specialists. But right now we don't."

"After assembly complete, when we have a larger crew on orbit, a more complex vehicle, more laboratories and more robot arms, maybe we'll have room for specialists. But right now we don't."

John L. Phillips, American Astronaut

8

"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

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"Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful."

"Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful."

William Feather, American Author

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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

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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

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"I haven't really been recording in the last several years. I haven't wanted to. And even though I had to deal with Sony and now I'm on Universal again, I will probably put out a new record soon."

"I haven't really been recording in the last several years. I haven't wanted to. And even though I had to deal with Sony and now I'm on Universal again, I will probably put out a new record soon."

Donna Summer, American Musician

Now, Will, Years

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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

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"I never solicited a major label and I certainly wouldn't now."

"I never solicited a major label and I certainly wouldn't now."

Buzz Osborne, American Musician

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"Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough!"

"Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough!"

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

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"We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good."

"We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good."

Keenen Ivory Wayans, American Comedian

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