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"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

6

"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

6

"Now that I am much older, I have had a number of sax players tell me I was responsible for them playing sax. Some of them I have admired over the years."

"Now that I am much older, I have had a number of sax players tell me I was responsible for them playing sax. Some of them I have admired over the years."

Clarence Clemons, American Musician

6

"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

6

"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

6

"Now, Marlon and I - for some reason, even today - even today, we can't say two words to each other. We really can't talk to each other. You know, I say to him - Marlon can't talk. I mean, he'd talk to you. But he can't talk."

"Now, Marlon and I - for some reason, even today - even today, we can't say two words to each other. We really can't talk to each other. You know, I say to him - Marlon can't talk. I mean, he'd talk to you. But he can't talk."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

Now, Reason, Talk, Today

6

"The groupies are far more real now than there were then."

"The groupies are far more real now than there were then."

Peter Tork, American Musician

6

"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

6

"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

6

"We've read scripts, and I think right now we are just focusing in on school."

"We've read scripts, and I think right now we are just focusing in on school."

Mary-Kate Olsen, American Actress

Now, Right, School

6

"I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again - as I always am when I write."

"I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again - as I always am when I write."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Now, Thinking, Woman

6

"I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting."

"I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting."

Ewan McGregor, Scottish Actor

Now, Play, Want

6

"What we have to do now is to make the public at large aware that what we're looking at is not a historical event but - and I have to be brutal and I am going to say it - a racket."

"What we have to do now is to make the public at large aware that what we're looking at is not a historical event but - and I have to be brutal and I am going to say it - a racket."

Ernst Zundel, German Activist

6

"There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly."

"There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly."

Scott Speedman, English Actor

Now, Television, Writing

6

"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

6

"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

6

"The Foxhall jaw has now been missing for many years."

"The Foxhall jaw has now been missing for many years."

Louis Leakey, British Scientist

6

"Now, I feel that if somebody looks through all the numbers through all those years, they will find one for Julius Rosenberg, and it is worth finding if it is such an important issue."

"Now, I feel that if somebody looks through all the numbers through all those years, they will find one for Julius Rosenberg, and it is worth finding if it is such an important issue."

Julius Rosenberg, American Criminal

Now, Numbers, Will, Worth

6

"I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me."

"I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me."

Freddie Mercury, British Musician

Now, Rest, World

6

"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

6

"Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then."

"Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then."

Diana Ross, American Actress

Now, Order, Past, Years

5

"I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for everyone to be performers and to do the things they do now."

"I think, describing Elvis for me would be a very generous king. He was the king of rock and roll, will always be. He's whats made it possible for everyone to be performers and to do the things they do now."

Jackie DeShannon, American Musician

5

"Then I obviously didn't understand what it all meant, but I do now."

"Then I obviously didn't understand what it all meant, but I do now."

Louise Brown, English Celebrity

5

"Now the advantage is all with the hitters."

"Now the advantage is all with the hitters."

Rogers Hornsby, American Athlete

5

"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

5

"Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain."

"Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain."

Michael Douglas, American Actor

5

"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

5

"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

5

"Right now, I'm worth a million dollars, and I owe Uncle Sam a million-and-a-half dollars, and I made a deal with him. I said, 'Uncle Sam, I'm going to pay you 25 grand a month.'"

"Right now, I'm worth a million dollars, and I owe Uncle Sam a million-and-a-half dollars, and I made a deal with him. I said, 'Uncle Sam, I'm going to pay you 25 grand a month.'"

Robert Blake, American Actor

Now, Right, Worth

5

"Since then, I have worked with the group that commissioned and improved the ring and that is now preparing the construction of a second ring to increase the p stacking rate by an order of magnitude."

"Since then, I have worked with the group that commissioned and improved the ring and that is now preparing the construction of a second ring to increase the p stacking rate by an order of magnitude."

Simon van der Meer, Dutch Physicist

5

"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

5

"I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place that had been hidden to me. I now know the sites in a way that makes me think I could have made better use of the connections between place and snowball."

"I have walked around the same streets so many times, and then seen a place that had been hidden to me. I now know the sites in a way that makes me think I could have made better use of the connections between place and snowball."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

5

"It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims."

"It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims."

Judith Butler, American Philosopher

5

"I'm not one of these guys who says, Now I'm on a really hot show, better quit soon before I get labeled. That's the most ridiculous notion I'd ever heard."

"I'm not one of these guys who says, Now I'm on a really hot show, better quit soon before I get labeled. That's the most ridiculous notion I'd ever heard."

Jeff Probst, American Entertainer

5

"They offered me one cover about 10 years ago, and I said, no, I can't do it. I'm happy to cover up now."

"They offered me one cover about 10 years ago, and I said, no, I can't do it. I'm happy to cover up now."

Ursula Andress, Swiss Actress

5

"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

5

"At Kansas City, Kansas, before the saloons were closed, they were getting ready to build an addition to the jail. Now the doors swing idly on the hinges and there is nobody to lock in the jails."

"At Kansas City, Kansas, before the saloons were closed, they were getting ready to build an addition to the jail. Now the doors swing idly on the hinges and there is nobody to lock in the jails."

Billy Sunday, American Clergyman

5

"And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten."

"And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten."

Patricia Clarkson, American Actress

5

"I see myself as the same person as I was, as I am now."

"I see myself as the same person as I was, as I am now."

Scott Wolf, American Actor

5

"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

5

"We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital - the resource systems upon which we depend to live - instead of our human capital."

"We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital - the resource systems upon which we depend to live - instead of our human capital."

Paul Hawken, American Environmentalist

Now, Productivity

5

"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

5

"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

5

"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

5

"I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it."

"I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it."

Dolly Parton, American Musician

5

"The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs. It's a contest right now."

"The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs. It's a contest right now."

Gary Johnson, American Politician

Now, Party, Republican, Right

5

"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

5

"You see, I used to do a certain amount of market research by going to the local drugstore and seeing what the truck drivers would put up. Now it's all just copies from the latest best-seller list and damn little of anything else."

"You see, I used to do a certain amount of market research by going to the local drugstore and seeing what the truck drivers would put up. Now it's all just copies from the latest best-seller list and damn little of anything else."

Jerry Pournelle, American Journalist

5

"We have a growing new fan base, and we wanted to get out now, and play now, and the timing was right."

"We have a growing new fan base, and we wanted to get out now, and play now, and the timing was right."

Nikki Sixx, American Musician

Now, Play, Right

5

"Now, I was the Summer Concert guy. I played every Summer concert there was."

"Now, I was the Summer Concert guy. I played every Summer concert there was."

John Sebastian, American Musician

5

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