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"I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read."

"I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read."

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, American Writer

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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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"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

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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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"I now attend non-orthodox synagogues, and study little during the secular week."

"I now attend non-orthodox synagogues, and study little during the secular week."

Luke Ford, Australian Writer

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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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"Will you stand by it now, or will you let the Shylocks come and have their way? It is for you to determine."

"Will you stand by it now, or will you let the Shylocks come and have their way? It is for you to determine."

Richard Parks Bland, American Politician

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"I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going."

"I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going."

Marion Barry, American Politician

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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 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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"You go out with a girl you used to date, she looks so damn good, and then at a certain point you say, Boy, now I remember. I know why I left!"

"You go out with a girl you used to date, she looks so damn good, and then at a certain point you say, Boy, now I remember. I know why I left!"

Arsenio Hall, American Comedian

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"And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying all we did not know."

"And now there is merely silence, silence, silence, saying all we did not know."

William R. Benet, American Poet

Now, Saying, Silence

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"It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless."

"It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless."

Robert D. Kaplan, American Journalist

Now, Rome, States, United

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"There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now."

"There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now."

Bryan Adams, Canadian Musician

Now, Right, Saying, Songs

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"Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he was alive."

"Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he was alive."

Mac Thornberry, American Politician

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"It now becomes clear why the Bush Administration has been vigorously opposing congressional hearings. The Bush Administration has been engaged in a conspiracy of silence."

"It now becomes clear why the Bush Administration has been vigorously opposing congressional hearings. The Bush Administration has been engaged in a conspiracy of silence."

Cynthia McKinney, American Politician

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"In S Club I played a role in a band, but now I can go off and be me - My horizon's wide open now. It's scary and it's daunting, but it's an absolute thrill. I feel brand new!"

Rachel Stevens, English Musician

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"I'm guilty of extraordinary naivete, I suppose. But it's a naivete that I really don't want to abandon, not even now."

"I'm guilty of extraordinary naivete, I suppose. But it's a naivete that I really don't want to abandon, not even now."

Jock Sturges, American Photographer

24

"I've never seen Washington as divided as we are right now."

"I've never seen Washington as divided as we are right now."

Judy Woodruff, American Journalist

Now, Right, Washington

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"For years I wanted to be older, and now I am."

"For years I wanted to be older, and now I am."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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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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"If you are not happy here and now, you never will be."

"If you are not happy here and now, you never will be."

Taisen Deshimaru, Japanese Philosopher

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"Now comes the reign of iron."

"Now comes the reign of iron."

John Ericsson, Swedish Inventor

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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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"I have earned enough to take it a bit easier now."

"I have earned enough to take it a bit easier now."

Miguel Indurain, Spanish Athlete

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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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"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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"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

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"I can see clearly now, the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way."

"I can see clearly now, the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way."

Johnny Nash, American Musician

Now, Obstacles, Rain

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"Right now I'm happy to be on the ice anywhere, anytime."

"Right now I'm happy to be on the ice anywhere, anytime."

Eric Lindros, Canadian Athlete

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"I won this award for keeping my mouth shut, so I think I'll do it again now."

"I won this award for keeping my mouth shut, so I think I'll do it again now."

Jane Wyman, American Actress

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"I knew Slash in high school, but not very well. Just knew him as this kid that used to hang out in the hallway. Pretty much looked then the way he does now."

"I knew Slash in high school, but not very well. Just knew him as this kid that used to hang out in the hallway. Pretty much looked then the way he does now."

Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

Now, Pretty, School

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"Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now."

"Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now."

Jerry Coleman, American Athlete

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"It's now possible to play and take lessons from any place of the world. The concept of physical distance doesn't exist in the online world, and that is so cool!"

"It's now possible to play and take lessons from any place of the world. The concept of physical distance doesn't exist in the online world, and that is so cool!"

Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian Celebrity

Now, Play, World

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"Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief."

"Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief."

Benjamin Hoff, American Author

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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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"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

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"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

23

"The rain forest has Sting. Now Siberia has Jack Dee. Someone had to draw the short straw. In this case it was the rain forest."

"The rain forest has Sting. Now Siberia has Jack Dee. Someone had to draw the short straw. In this case it was the rain forest."

Jack Dee, British Comedian

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"As mayor, I'm in the frying pan. I'm just sitting here on the griddle now, and I've got to really think, you know, do I want to stay here on the griddle?"

"As mayor, I'm in the frying pan. I'm just sitting here on the griddle now, and I've got to really think, you know, do I want to stay here on the griddle?"

Anthony A. Williams, American Politician

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"It just seems that you were talking positively about McDonald's, that they are... attempting this healthy lifestyle, and yet when we're talking right now... it seems that you're saying they need to make more responsibility."

"It just seems that you were talking positively about McDonald's, that they are... attempting this healthy lifestyle, and yet when we're talking right now... it seems that you're saying they need to make more responsibility."

Maria Bartiromo, American Journalist

Now, Responsibility, Right, Saying

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"Maybe someone will step up, but they don't have anyone right now."

"Maybe someone will step up, but they don't have anyone right now."

Earl Monroe, American Athlete

Now, Right, Will

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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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"The cup that went down under has now come up again."

"The cup that went down under has now come up again."

Sue Simmons, American Journalist

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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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"Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself."

"Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself."

John Updike, American Novelist

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"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative."

"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative."

Woody Allen, American Director

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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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"He is in a gunfight right now. I'm gonna have to take a message."

"He is in a gunfight right now. I'm gonna have to take a message."

Erika Eleniak, American Actress

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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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