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"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

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"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

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"I'm really into Sweet 75 right now, and I dig playing Nirvana, don't get me wrong. Even if Kurt never died, more than likely I'd be in Sweet 75 today still."

"I'm really into Sweet 75 right now, and I dig playing Nirvana, don't get me wrong. Even if Kurt never died, more than likely I'd be in Sweet 75 today still."

Krist Novoselic, American Musician

Now, Right, Today, Wrong

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"These places, and the ancient things you know, You won't know soon. I'm working on it now.'"

"These places, and the ancient things you know, You won't know soon. I'm working on it now.'"

Andrew Motion, English Poet

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"What was once underground is now coming to the surface."

"What was once underground is now coming to the surface."

Gavin Bryars, English Composer

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"I live on a ranch in Utah for now, but I'm gonna move. I've got another ranch to move to, but its location is a secret. When I get there, I'm gonna plow the road in behind me."

"I live on a ranch in Utah for now, but I'm gonna move. I've got another ranch to move to, but its location is a secret. When I get there, I'm gonna plow the road in behind me."

Wilford Brimley, American Actor

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"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

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"And if you remember the other part of the context is we were then all deceived about the French position and told the French had said they'd veto any second resolution - which wasn't true, we now know."

"And if you remember the other part of the context is we were then all deceived about the French position and told the French had said they'd veto any second resolution - which wasn't true, we now know."

Clare Short, British Politician

Now, Resolution

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"Many an article that I myself penned twenty years ago impresses me now as something quite foreign to myself."

"Many an article that I myself penned twenty years ago impresses me now as something quite foreign to myself."

Ernst Mach, Austrian Physicist

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"I'm used to a very busy schedule. Right now it revolves around training and preparing for Nationals in January. I'm usually at the rink from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and then I attend public school for two hours, three times per week."

"I'm used to a very busy schedule. Right now it revolves around training and preparing for Nationals in January. I'm usually at the rink from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and then I attend public school for two hours, three times per week."

Sasha Cohen, American Athlete

Now, Public, Right, School

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"I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now."

"I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now."

Sarah Zettel, American Author

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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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"I've been solo since 1996, so I've been doing it for a while now."

"I've been solo since 1996, so I've been doing it for a while now."

Sebastian Bach, Canadian Musician

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"I've spent several years now with my head down."

"I've spent several years now with my head down."

Stephan Jenkins, American Musician

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"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

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"I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring."

"I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

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"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'm 33 years old now. I really want that ring. I got a taste of it here."

"I'm 33 years old now. I really want that ring. I got a taste of it here."

Latrell Sprewell, American Athlete

Now, Old, Taste, Want

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"Once you know what to expect, it gets easier and easier. And now I know what I have to do to prepare for each season and what to expect through each season."

"Once you know what to expect, it gets easier and easier. And now I know what I have to do to prepare for each season and what to expect through each season."

Sue Wicks, American Athlete

15

"I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan?"

"I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan?"

Tom Sizemore, American Actor

Now, Question, Will, Years

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"And certainly don't get caught by the press having too much to drink, you now, that sort of thing."

"And certainly don't get caught by the press having too much to drink, you now, that sort of thing."

Denis Thatcher, British Businessman

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"In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we're always on the bike and it's quite difficult."

"In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we're always on the bike and it's quite difficult."

Valentino Rossi, Italian Athlete

Now, Opinion, Testing

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"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

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"So you get kind of addicted to a revenue stream, and then all of a sudden it goes away, now the problem is worse than it was before."

"So you get kind of addicted to a revenue stream, and then all of a sudden it goes away, now the problem is worse than it was before."

Craig Benson, American Politician

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"I always say that I've been in a bad mood for maybe 35 years now. I try to lighten it up, but that's what comes out when you get me on camera."

"I always say that I've been in a bad mood for maybe 35 years now. I try to lighten it up, but that's what comes out when you get me on camera."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

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"You never know in a movie if it's going to be a sequel, but right now I'm proud of what we produced."

"You never know in a movie if it's going to be a sequel, but right now I'm proud of what we produced."

Jeff Goldblum, American Actor

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"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

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"It's also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent on conquering the nationalist writer ghetto and moving out into the world more."

"It's also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent on conquering the nationalist writer ghetto and moving out into the world more."

Rick Moody, American Novelist

Now, World, Writer

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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

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"I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now."

"I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

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"The places that are most likely to grow trees for carbon sequestration are places where trees aren't growing now."

"The places that are most likely to grow trees for carbon sequestration are places where trees aren't growing now."

Robert Jackson, American Statesman

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"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

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"I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved."

"I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved."

John Malkovich, American Actor

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"I used to empty the studio out and throw stuff away. I now don't. There will be a whole series of dead ends that a year or two down the line I'll come back to."

"I used to empty the studio out and throw stuff away. I now don't. There will be a whole series of dead ends that a year or two down the line I'll come back to."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

15

"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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"It's inevitable now, because everyone is a superstar, even if they're just an average player, and maybe that was part of the process set in motion when I signed that contract in 1994."

"It's inevitable now, because everyone is a superstar, even if they're just an average player, and maybe that was part of the process set in motion when I signed that contract in 1994."

Robbie Fowler, English Athlete

15

"Now I know why tigers eat their young."

"Now I know why tigers eat their young."

Al Capone, American Criminal

15

"And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice."

"And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice."

Katey Sagal, American Athlete

Now, Spirit, Voice, Will

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"Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody."

"Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody."

Richard Petty, American Athlete

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"Yeah, now we publish whenever we feel like it."

"Yeah, now we publish whenever we feel like it."

Glenn Danzig, American Musician

15

"I've been touring now since about '68."

"I've been touring now since about '68."

Joe Cocker, English Musician

15

"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

15

"Now a lot has changed and I can separate a lot of things."

"Now a lot has changed and I can separate a lot of things."

Jennifer Capriati, American Athlete

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"As of right now, I'm still waiting to meet Halle Berry. And she is single."

"As of right now, I'm still waiting to meet Halle Berry. And she is single."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

Now, Right, Waiting

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"But to be fair, if you take players from my era to now, the game has changed and the players have many more shots. They use them differently than we did. The speed of the game has changed."

"But to be fair, if you take players from my era to now, the game has changed and the players have many more shots. They use them differently than we did. The speed of the game has changed."

Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakian Athlete

15

"Many individual growers now are growing organic fruit, and many are taking it upon themselves to market their own products to the public, as opposed to necessarily going through big processors, although, obviously, the bulk of the fruit still is dealt with that way."

"Many individual growers now are growing organic fruit, and many are taking it upon themselves to market their own products to the public, as opposed to necessarily going through big processors, although, obviously, the bulk of the fruit still is dealt with that way."

Greg Walden, American Politician

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"Now, we used to say we put on our tights to put on the world. So I don't think it tarnishes the image at all."

"Now, we used to say we put on our tights to put on the world. So I don't think it tarnishes the image at all."

Burt Ward, American Actor

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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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"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

15

"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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