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"I was up above it. Now, I'm down in it."

"I was up above it. Now, I'm down in it."

Trent Reznor, American Musician

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"There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all."

"There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all."

Robert Orben, American Entertainer

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"I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago."

"I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago."

Esther Dyson, American Scientist

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"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

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"I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list."

"I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list."

Gwen Stefani, American Musician

Now, Right, Want

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"But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973."

"But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973."

Tea Leoni, American Actress

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"But, right now, the situation is that almost all of my writing is out of print."

"But, right now, the situation is that almost all of my writing is out of print."

Peter Sotos, American Writer

Now, Right, Writing

22

"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

22

"I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely."

"I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely."

Mary Pickford, Canadian Actress

Now, Order, Years

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"I'm shooting in Brooklyn, we've got all kinds of crap going on, and I'm all alone now in a big hotel suite that you can't believe the size of it and a thing sticks in my foot and I just think it's the funniest thing that's ever happened to me."

"I'm shooting in Brooklyn, we've got all kinds of crap going on, and I'm all alone now in a big hotel suite that you can't believe the size of it and a thing sticks in my foot and I just think it's the funniest thing that's ever happened to me."

Danny DeVito, American Actor

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"I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long."

"I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long."

Ewan McGregor, Scottish Actor

21

"I've upped my standards. Now, up yours."

"I've upped my standards. Now, up yours."

Pat Paulsen, American Comedian

21

"If the finest hour is now, then I'll always be in it."

"If the finest hour is now, then I'll always be in it."

Jim Coleman, American Actor

21

"I never satisfied that kid but I think he and I have made a deal now."

"I never satisfied that kid but I think he and I have made a deal now."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

21

"The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we're creating now, we're pollinating the universe."

"The rockets and the satellites, spaceships that we're creating now, we're pollinating the universe."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

21

"I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's mother!' If I don't hurry up, her grandmother!"

"I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's mother!' If I don't hurry up, her grandmother!"

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

Now, Play, Thinking

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"You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now."

"You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now."

Harry S. Truman, American President

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"This path that we are now starting will be long, and we must follow it to remind ourselves of the great principles that, in our understanding, should always inspire us."

"This path that we are now starting will be long, and we must follow it to remind ourselves of the great principles that, in our understanding, should always inspire us."

Marc Forne Molne, Andorran Politician

Now, Principles, Understanding, Will

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"Now you know the rest of the story."

"Now you know the rest of the story."

Paul Harvey, American Journalist

20

"The same issue is happening on a show like Everybody Loves Raymond now, which is in its eighth year and struggling to come up with good stories. It'll be interesting to see how they do. The bottom line is, it starts with the writers and ends with the writers."

"The same issue is happening on a show like Everybody Loves Raymond now, which is in its eighth year and struggling to come up with good stories. It'll be interesting to see how they do. The bottom line is, it starts with the writers and ends with the writers."

William Devane, American Actor

20

"I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing."

"I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing."

Salma Hayek, Mexican Actress

20

"I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over?"

"I do talk less now because the sound of my voice saying over and over the things I said years ago embarrasses and depresses me. Why do I say the same things over and over?"

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

Now, Saying, Sound, Talk

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"The dollar went up some eighty percent in real terms as I recall now or something like that - from '80 to '85."

"The dollar went up some eighty percent in real terms as I recall now or something like that - from '80 to '85."

Robert C. Solomon, American Educator

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"Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful."

"Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful."

Roger Mudd, American Journalist

Now, Privacy, Zone

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"When it comes to the recording and writing, it's still mostly Mickey and I. But now there's this whole live entity that's a whole different thing, and it seems to be where we're gaining the most popularity."

"When it comes to the recording and writing, it's still mostly Mickey and I. But now there's this whole live entity that's a whole different thing, and it seems to be where we're gaining the most popularity."

Gene Ween, American Musician

Now, Popularity, Writing

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"For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago, but something like 70% of the poems I receive seem to be written in the present indicative."

"For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago, but something like 70% of the poems I receive seem to be written in the present indicative."

Peter Davison, British Actor

Now, Poems, Present, Years

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"I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it?"

"I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it?"

Mary Chesnut, American Author

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"Is this a proposal? I'm married now, you know."

"Is this a proposal? I'm married now, you know."

Rod Steiger, American Actor

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"Ah! My Lord! now I understand, Oh, yes! What a voice! What an artist! I understand all!"

"Ah! My Lord! now I understand, Oh, yes! What a voice! What an artist! I understand all!"

Landon Ronald, English Composer

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"The voice over is a hat you put on right now as opposed to worrying about going through wardrobe, and having to look a certain way. You just got to let your voice do the talking for you."

"The voice over is a hat you put on right now as opposed to worrying about going through wardrobe, and having to look a certain way. You just got to let your voice do the talking for you."

Blair Underwood, American Actor

Now, Right, Talking, Voice

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"I definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be proud of who you are. Now that I'm trying to peel off those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about."

"I definitely have come out of my shell a lot more. When you question who you are, you can't be proud of who you are. Now that I'm trying to peel off those layers and really understand who I am, I don't have anything to be shy about."

Ricky Williams, American Athlete

Now, Question, Trying

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"And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself."

"And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself."

Murray Walker, English Entertainer

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"We're gonna release a studio album probably a year from now and we've got these recordings that we did with Coco Taylor and Johnny Johnson, who was Chuck Berry's piano player."

"We're gonna release a studio album probably a year from now and we've got these recordings that we did with Coco Taylor and Johnny Johnson, who was Chuck Berry's piano player."

James Young, American Musician

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"I consider myself more of a loner now and I think when you get older, especially in this game, and just talking with other players who have come and gone, I see what they were saying when I was a young guy in the locker room."

"I consider myself more of a loner now and I think when you get older, especially in this game, and just talking with other players who have come and gone, I see what they were saying when I was a young guy in the locker room."

Brett Favre, American Athlete

Now, Saying, Talking

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"Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator."

"Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator."

Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian Lawyer

18

"I'm a more mature actress now."

"I'm a more mature actress now."

Eliza Dushku, American Actress

18

"I'm not getting paid right now. No pay, no critique."

"I'm not getting paid right now. No pay, no critique."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

18

"Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now."

"Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now."

Jimmy Chamberlin, American Musician

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"I do quite naughty things now. I do like to be a bit sexy."

"I do quite naughty things now. I do like to be a bit sexy."

Kylie Minogue, Australian Musician

18

"I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theater, or the play-but rather the most accurate possible statement of the problem."

"I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theater, or the play-but rather the most accurate possible statement of the problem."

Arthur Miller, American Playwright

Now, Play, Theater

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"I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen."

"I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen."

Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician

Now, Support, Teaching

18

"I can't climb very seriously now but I was a bit of a freak."

"I can't climb very seriously now but I was a bit of a freak."

Robin Day, British Journalist

18

"So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So, I definitely changed my stuff up and I think we're playing really tight now."

"So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So, I definitely changed my stuff up and I think we're playing really tight now."

Matt Cameron, American Musician

18

"It's a blue album, but it's not a blues album. I'm not pretending all of a sudden now I'm blues."

"It's a blue album, but it's not a blues album. I'm not pretending all of a sudden now I'm blues."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

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"Um, you know, they have every right to feel the way they do and things are great with me, as you see, I'm very, good shape now and on the ball. Things are happening."

"Um, you know, they have every right to feel the way they do and things are great with me, as you see, I'm very, good shape now and on the ball. Things are happening."

Corey Haim, Canadian Actor

18

"Now I'm this far up the ladder and I've got so much farther to go with what I want to achieve with it."

"Now I'm this far up the ladder and I've got so much farther to go with what I want to achieve with it."

Karl Urban, New Zealander Actor

18

"Disco B still rolls with me now. He's still doing his thing. He does clubs in different places. He was very instrumental in helping me perfect my craft."

"Disco B still rolls with me now. He's still doing his thing. He does clubs in different places. He was very instrumental in helping me perfect my craft."

Grandmaster Flash, American Musician

18

"From where I sit now, I like the looks of tomorrow."

"From where I sit now, I like the looks of tomorrow."

Johnny Olson, American Entertainer

18

"If Mozart were around now he would write a killer rock song."

"If Mozart were around now he would write a killer rock song."

Vanessa Carlton, American Musician

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"I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy."

"I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy."

Max Born, German Mathematician

Now, Philosophy, Physics

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