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"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

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"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

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"We have to implant democracies where there are now dictatorships."

"We have to implant democracies where there are now dictatorships."

Tom Tancredo, American Politician

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"Begin to be now what you will be hereafter."

"Begin to be now what you will be hereafter."

William James, American Philosopher

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"I think we all appreciate it now just how lucky we are to be in a band like Judas Priest."

"I think we all appreciate it now just how lucky we are to be in a band like Judas Priest."

Glenn Tipton, English Musician

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"The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Alaska. Now Santa Claus is missing."

"The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Alaska. Now Santa Claus is missing."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

Now, Santa claus, Weather

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"If matters go badly now, they will not always be so."

"If matters go badly now, they will not always be so."

Horace, Roman Poet

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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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"It is correct that I overlooked the contamination of the party, not just now but also in the past."

"It is correct that I overlooked the contamination of the party, not just now but also in the past."

Bela Kun, Hungarian Politician

Now, Party, Past

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"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

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"I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now."

"I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

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"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

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"I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side."

"I was involved with the Batman. There are two sides to every story. Now you've heard my side."

Bob Kane, American Artist

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"When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going."

"When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going."

J. B. Priestley, British Writer

Now, Old, Respect

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"For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else."

"For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else."

August Wilson, American Playwright

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"I actually think I play better now than I've ever played."

"I actually think I play better now than I've ever played."

Andy Summers, English Musician

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"Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes."

"Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes."

Cole Porter, American Composer

Now, Prose, Words, Writing

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"Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication."

"Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication."

Bill Budge, American Businessman

Now, Sophistication

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"We play it differently now. If we did the album now it would be different."

"We play it differently now. If we did the album now it would be different."

Alice Cooper, American 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 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

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"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

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"It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?"

"It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?"

David Letterman, American Comedian

Now, Thanksgiving

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"Now, finally has the elevator arrived. The stairs was about to become a personal inferno."

"Now, finally has the elevator arrived. The stairs was about to become a personal inferno."

Anders Zorn, Swedish Artist

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"I know now that there is no one thing that is true - it is all true."

"I know now that there is no one thing that is true - it is all true."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

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"The month of January, we were number one. Now, this is something we're proud of, because we recognize we're up against a formidable operation there at CNN."

"The month of January, we were number one. Now, this is something we're proud of, because we recognize we're up against a formidable operation there at CNN."

Brit Hume, American Journalist

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"There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery."

"There is not only no free state which would now establish it, but there is no slave state, which, if it had had the free alternative as we now have, would have founded slavery."

William H. Seward, American Statesman

Now, Slavery, State

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"I can feel a cold coming on right now, so I am going to start using collodial silver again."

"I can feel a cold coming on right now, so I am going to start using collodial silver again."

Stan Jones, American Politician

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"Now there is a new group every week; it seems like everybody and anybody can get into the charts."

"Now there is a new group every week; it seems like everybody and anybody can get into the charts."

Barry Gibb, English Musician

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"Do codons overlap? In other words, as we read along the genetic message do we find a base which is a member of two or more codons? It now seems fairly certain that codons do not overlap."

"Do codons overlap? In other words, as we read along the genetic message do we find a base which is a member of two or more codons? It now seems fairly certain that codons do not overlap."

Francis Crick, English Scientist

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"But to be fair, if you take players from my era to now, the game has changed and the players have many more shots. They use them differently than we did. The speed of the game has changed."

"But to be fair, if you take players from my era to now, the game has changed and the players have many more shots. They use them differently than we did. The speed of the game has changed."

Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakian Athlete

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"I don't like directors that just say, Stand there and now do this."

"I don't like directors that just say, Stand there and now do this."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

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"Well, it was just, the bars was all just like the bamboo roofs and everything. You know. As I say, to me, it's completely spoiled all, all these places now. Make them all just tourist traps."

"Well, it was just, the bars was all just like the bamboo roofs and everything. You know. As I say, to me, it's completely spoiled all, all these places now. Make them all just tourist traps."

David Walker, American Abolitionist

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"I was probably just trying to be Dennis Miller, but without the vocabulary to actually be Dennis Miller. I guess I was just less interesting than I am now, if I am interesting at all."

"I was probably just trying to be Dennis Miller, but without the vocabulary to actually be Dennis Miller. I guess I was just less interesting than I am now, if I am interesting at all."

Todd Barry, American Comedian

Now, Trying, Vocabulary

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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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"The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many venues now and there is a completely new public for opera that's grown up outside of the traditional core opera public."

"The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many venues now and there is a completely new public for opera that's grown up outside of the traditional core opera public."

Carlisle Floyd, American Composer

Now, Opera, Public, Years

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"Everything is produced by the workers, and the minute they try to get something by their unions they meet all the opposition that can be mustered by those who now get what they produce."

"Everything is produced by the workers, and the minute they try to get something by their unions they meet all the opposition that can be mustered by those who now get what they produce."

Harry Bridges, American Activist

Now, Opposition, Workers

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"It now seems certain that the amino acid sequence of any protein is determined by the sequence of bases in some region of a particular nucleic acid molecule."

"It now seems certain that the amino acid sequence of any protein is determined by the sequence of bases in some region of a particular nucleic acid molecule."

Francis Crick, English Scientist

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"The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain before they can be loosened or dislodged from their station."

"The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain before they can be loosened or dislodged from their station."

William Falconer, Scottish Poet

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"I am taking a break, but not a huge break because the Maiden record is actually happening right now, and I am recording it as we speak, well not right as we speak, but close."

"I am taking a break, but not a huge break because the Maiden record is actually happening right now, and I am recording it as we speak, well not right as we speak, but close."

Bruce Dickinson, English Musician

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"Melbourne is wonderfully altered since I last saw it. There are some very fair buildings in it now, and things are a little cheaper than they used to be."

"Melbourne is wonderfully altered since I last saw it. There are some very fair buildings in it now, and things are a little cheaper than they used to be."

William John Wills, English Scientist

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"It feels like I could go outside with a bikini thong on right now."

"It feels like I could go outside with a bikini thong on right now."

Puff Daddy, American Musician

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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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"All I know is that I've ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that's not cool anymore."

"All I know is that I've ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that's not cool anymore."

Isla Fisher, Australian Actress

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"During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it."

"During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it."

J. G. Stedman, British Soldier

Now, Religious, Want

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"There's a part of me that wishes I'd never said one single solitary word on any subject publicly. Then I could have been the tortured poet, and there's so much mileage in that. But it's too late to stop now."

"There's a part of me that wishes I'd never said one single solitary word on any subject publicly. Then I could have been the tortured poet, and there's so much mileage in that. But it's too late to stop now."

Richard Thompson, British Musician

Now, Wishes, Word

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"It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow."

"It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow."

Gary Neville, English Athlete

Now, Tomorrow, Will

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"I'm asthmatic. I was a lot bigger back then, and I still get winded on stage today. But I've learned how to pace it now. I have musical breaks in there."

"I'm asthmatic. I was a lot bigger back then, and I still get winded on stage today. But I've learned how to pace it now. I have musical breaks in there."

Meat Loaf, American Musician

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"One hundred and ten years from now no one who is here now will be alive."

"One hundred and ten years from now no one who is here now will be alive."

Morrie Schwartz, American Educator

Now, Will, Years

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"Donna Mills came on the show as a female antagonist, about a year before, so now they wanted to have a male antagonist. I was cast as a Senator to shake things up."

"Donna Mills came on the show as a female antagonist, about a year before, so now they wanted to have a male antagonist. I was cast as a Senator to shake things up."

William Devane, American Actor

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