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

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

Rod Steiger, American Actor

41

"And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy."

"And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy."

Jack Nance, American Actor

41

"I have more zits now than I did as a teenager. Stress zits."

"I have more zits now than I did as a teenager. Stress zits."

Tiffani Amber Thiessen, American Actress

40

"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

40

"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

39

"The point is, once they have a missile that can hit the United States, we are now back in the kind of game we used to worry about with the Soviet Union, only the Soviet Union was more mature about this whole thing than I think the North Koreans will be."

"The point is, once they have a missile that can hit the United States, we are now back in the kind of game we used to worry about with the Soviet Union, only the Soviet Union was more mature about this whole thing than I think the North Koreans will be."

Lawrence Eagleburger, American Diplomat

Now, States, United, Will

39

"I often look at a lot of Doctor Who stuff that's about now, which no one has approached me about."

"I often look at a lot of Doctor Who stuff that's about now, which no one has approached me about."

Sarah Sutton, British Actress

39

"Interviews are usually a follow-up, like a press junket or a publicity junket, or something like that, and I'm not doing any of that right now. I don't have any axes to grind."

"Interviews are usually a follow-up, like a press junket or a publicity junket, or something like that, and I'm not doing any of that right now. I don't have any axes to grind."

Michael Nesmith, American Musician

Now, Press, Publicity, Right

38

"If not me, who? And if not now, when?"

"If not me, who? And if not now, when?"

Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian Statesman

38

"Now you know the rest of the story."

"Now you know the rest of the story."

Paul Harvey, American Journalist

38

"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

38

"Lyrically we tried to just not be the same as a lot of the other crap that is out there right now."

"Lyrically we tried to just not be the same as a lot of the other crap that is out there right now."

Adam Rich, American Actor

38

"We've seen the hubris. And now we're seeing the scandals."

"We've seen the hubris. And now we're seeing the scandals."

David R. Gergen, American Commentator

37

"Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now."

"Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now."

Evelyn Waugh, English Author

37

"I just found out about 10 days ago that I must live 300 or 400 yards from Britney Spears... so now I have to move."

"I just found out about 10 days ago that I must live 300 or 400 yards from Britney Spears... so now I have to move."

George Clooney, American Actor

37

"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

37

"I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must."

"I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must."

Patricia Clarkson, American Actress

37

"Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself."

"Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself."

Hasil Adkins, American Musician

37

"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

36

"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

36

"I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother."

"I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

36

"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

36

"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

36

"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

36

"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

36

"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

35

"Right now I'm still only 25 and I don't think the maternal bug has hit me yet."

"Right now I'm still only 25 and I don't think the maternal bug has hit me yet."

Karrie Webb, Australian Athlete

35

"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

35

"I have to use the word 'insurgent' because I can't think of a better word right now."

"I have to use the word 'insurgent' because I can't think of a better word right now."

Peter Pace, American General

Now, Right, Word

34

"There's so much stuff said about me that's not true, so now if something is hurtful and wrong, I send an e-mail or letter immediately, saying, This is not true."

"There's so much stuff said about me that's not true, so now if something is hurtful and wrong, I send an e-mail or letter immediately, saying, This is not true."

Tracey Emin, English Artist

Now, Saying, Wrong

34

"I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20."

"I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

34

"A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year, although now you can get across in a speed boat in seven minutes but then it was a long way away."

"A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year, although now you can get across in a speed boat in seven minutes but then it was a long way away."

Jeremy Irons, English Actor

34

"Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!"

"Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!"

William Cartwright, English Dramatist

34

"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

34

"Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter."

"Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter."

Casey Kasem, American Broadcaster

34

"This isn't meant to last. This is for right now."

"This isn't meant to last. This is for right now."

Trent Reznor, American Musician

34

"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

34

"Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics."

"Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics."

George Soros, Hungarian Businessman

34

"It doesn't have anything to do with yesterday or tomorrow, it's all right now."

"It doesn't have anything to do with yesterday or tomorrow, it's all right now."

Billy Higgins, American Musician

Now, Right, Tomorrow, Yesterday

34

"There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana and, right now, I'm that icon."

"There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana and, right now, I'm that icon."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

Now, Right, World

34

"Every now and then you'll nail one that's really, really special. And that's what you live for."

"Every now and then you'll nail one that's really, really special. And that's what you live for."

Bob Seger, American Musician

34

"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

34

"I had a couple of million dollars' worth of... stock once. And now it's not worth much more than wallpaper. I guess I just wasn't born to be rich."

"I had a couple of million dollars' worth of... stock once. And now it's not worth much more than wallpaper. I guess I just wasn't born to be rich."

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

33

"I was voted best-looking kid in high school but, as you can see, things changed. I used to say I was a 260 pound Woody Allen. You can make that 295 pound now."

"I was voted best-looking kid in high school but, as you can see, things changed. I used to say I was a 260 pound Woody Allen. You can make that 295 pound now."

James Gandolfini, American Actor

33

"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

33

"So: we're all tired. Now what? Manuscripts written in Club Med?"

"So: we're all tired. Now what? Manuscripts written in Club Med?"

Brian Ferneyhough, British Composer

33

"I'm a more mature actress now."

"I'm a more mature actress now."

Eliza Dushku, American Actress

33

"I'd say that my profession ends where architectural thinking ends - architectural thinking in terms of thinking about programs and organizational structure. These abstractions play a role in many other disciplines, and those disciplines are now defining their 'architectures' as well."

"I'd say that my profession ends where architectural thinking ends - architectural thinking in terms of thinking about programs and organizational structure. These abstractions play a role in many other disciplines, and those disciplines are now defining their 'architectures' as well."

Rem Koolhaas, Dutch Architect

Now, Play, Profession, Thinking

33

"I have been wearing black, which was a reaction to the Ginger thing. But now I have hopes and I can be anything. Tomorrow I might be naked with a feather boa, who knows?"

"I have been wearing black, which was a reaction to the Ginger thing. But now I have hopes and I can be anything. Tomorrow I might be naked with a feather boa, who knows?"

Geri Halliwell, British Musician

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