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"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

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"Now I'm going to put my eyelashes on and stretch my legs out and do a show."

"Now I'm going to put my eyelashes on and stretch my legs out and do a show."

Nana Visitor, American Actress

25

"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

25

"I wish the word whimsical wasn't used now."

"I wish the word whimsical wasn't used now."

Roger McGough, British Poet

25

"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

25

"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

25

"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

25

"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

25

"We've been in the same house since 1960, so we've been here for 45 years now."

"We've been in the same house since 1960, so we've been here for 45 years now."

Pat Boone, American Musician

25

"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

25

"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

25

"It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal."

"It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal."

Annie Leibovitz, American Photographer

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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

25

"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

25

"It's extraordinary how inventive one can be with ethanol right now."

"It's extraordinary how inventive one can be with ethanol right now."

Daniel Yergin, American Author

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"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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"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

24

"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

24

"We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph's trail."

"We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph's trail."

Francis Parkman, American Historian

24

"When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer."

"When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

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"Not that I want everything right now; but I do want everything."

"Not that I want everything right now; but I do want everything."

Nastassja Kinski, German Actress

Now, Right, Want

24

"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 was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity."

"I was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity."

Natalie Portman, American Actress

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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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"I wish I could play little league now. I'd be way better than before."

"I wish I could play little league now. I'd be way better than before."

Mitch Hedberg, American Comedian

24

"Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I know."

"Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I know."

Sue Grafton, American Novelist

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"The Aztecs believe they started up in what's now New Mexico, and wandered for 10,000 years before they got down into where they are now, in Mexico City. That's a weird legend."

"The Aztecs believe they started up in what's now New Mexico, and wandered for 10,000 years before they got down into where they are now, in Mexico City. That's a weird legend."

Jerry Pournelle, American Journalist

24

"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

24

"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

24

"The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms."

"The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms."

Dylan Moran, Irish Comedian

24

"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

24

"I'm very focused on "Dexter" right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can."

"I'm very focused on "Dexter" right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can."

Michael C. Hall, American Actor

Now, Right, Want

24

"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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"I'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now."

"I'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now."

Marlene Dietrich, American Actress

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"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

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"It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order."

"It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order."

Kid Rock, American Musician

Now, Order, Priorities

23

"Salads was a big indicator of that - there was a huge market out there for it. And why not tap it? Some of the things we are doing now around the globe are responding to customers. It's not because some guy sued you."

"Salads was a big indicator of that - there was a huge market out there for it. And why not tap it? Some of the things we are doing now around the globe are responding to customers. It's not because some guy sued you."

Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

23

"I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'"

"I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'"

Olivia Wilde, American Actress

23

"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

23

"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

23

"Now we do have many examples of transitional sequences."

"Now we do have many examples of transitional sequences."

George G. Simpson, American Paleontologist

23

"President Obama instituted the most anti-growth, anti-investment, anti-jobs measures that we have seen in our lifetime. Now he called his agenda ambitious, I call it reckless."

"President Obama instituted the most anti-growth, anti-investment, anti-jobs measures that we have seen in our lifetime. Now he called his agenda ambitious, I call it reckless."

Mitt Romney, American Politician

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"But I always curl my lashes, even if I don't put on mascara. I'll also put on a lip gloss or lip balm. And I always brush my eyebrows. I have very thick eyebrows - I'm just now starting to thin them out a bit."

"But I always curl my lashes, even if I don't put on mascara. I'll also put on a lip gloss or lip balm. And I always brush my eyebrows. I have very thick eyebrows - I'm just now starting to thin them out a bit."

Denise Richards, American Actress

23

"You're looking at the Bee Gees right now."

"You're looking at the Bee Gees right now."

Robin Gibb, English Musician

23

"Bungle is definitely a priority right now."

"Bungle is definitely a priority right now."

Trevor Dunn, American Musician

23

"I feel as though I've fooled the world into thinking I'm an adult and now they're letting me procreate."

"I feel as though I've fooled the world into thinking I'm an adult and now they're letting me procreate."

George Murray, Canadian Poet

Now, Thinking, World

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"The industry now wants to be in charge of everything."

"The industry now wants to be in charge of everything."

Ben E. King, American Musician

23

"Right now, I'm working with Super Bakery and we manufacture nutritional donuts called Super Donuts."

"Right now, I'm working with Super Bakery and we manufacture nutritional donuts called Super Donuts."

Franco Harris, American Athlete

23

"I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going."

"I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going."

Gary Cole, American Actor

23

"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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