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"Best now, better later."

"Best now, better later."

L. M. Heroux, American Author

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"You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award."

"You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it's a completely meaningless award."

John Corigliano, American Composer

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"I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this."

"I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

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"Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product."

"Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product."

Stan Getz, American Musician

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"I was formerly so stuck into plans. I can now live more spontaneously. This I want not yet to give away."

"I was formerly so stuck into plans. I can now live more spontaneously. This I want not yet to give away."

Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian Athlete

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"Where did you run today? Now there's a question you don't often hear."

"Where did you run today? Now there's a question you don't often hear."

Joe Henderson, American Athlete

Now, Question, Today

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"Now we just showin' and provin' that there's a ghetto everywhere you go."

"Now we just showin' and provin' that there's a ghetto everywhere you go."

Method Man, American Musician

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"Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much."

"Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much."

Lucian Freud, British Artist

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"And never - not in a single case - was the explanation, 'I was pressured to do this.' The explanation was very often, 'The limited data we had led one to reasonably conclude this. I now see that there's another explanation for it.'"

"And never - not in a single case - was the explanation, 'I was pressured to do this.' The explanation was very often, 'The limited data we had led one to reasonably conclude this. I now see that there's another explanation for it.'"

David Kay, American Scientist

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"I'm working 2 days a week right now, narration usually on Wed., and host on camera on Friday."

"I'm working 2 days a week right now, narration usually on Wed., and host on camera on Friday."

Robert Stack, American Actor

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"Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia."

"Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia."

Trevor Dunn, American Musician

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"Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding."

"Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding."

Roman Jakobson, Russian Scientist

Now, Observation

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"Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously."

"Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously."

Walter Jon Williams, American Writer

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"I'm on VH1 now, will be working on ITV's This Morning again from September."

"I'm on VH1 now, will be working on ITV's This Morning again from September."

Lisa Snowdon, English Model

39

"I am now seventy, rather glad, really, that I won't live to see the horrors to come in the 21st century."

"I am now seventy, rather glad, really, that I won't live to see the horrors to come in the 21st century."

Anne Stevenson, American Poet

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"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

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"I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation."

"I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation."

Satyajit Ray, Indian Director

39

"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

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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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"Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now."

"Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

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"It's not 2038 that Social Security is bankrupt. It's now."

"It's not 2038 that Social Security is bankrupt. It's now."

Gary Johnson, American Politician

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"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

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"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

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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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"There's so many documentaries out there right now and everything's exposing wrestling."

"There's so many documentaries out there right now and everything's exposing wrestling."

Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer

Now, Right, Wrestling

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"I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest."

"I've been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest."

John Engler, American Politician

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"Now, after the communist take-over in 1948, the amount of feature films produced dwindled to three a year, while the school was, you know, every year another three, four, five students."

"Now, after the communist take-over in 1948, the amount of feature films produced dwindled to three a year, while the school was, you know, every year another three, four, five students."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Now, School, Students

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"I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused."

"I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused."

Elvis Costello, British Musician

38

"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, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it."

"Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it."

Erno Rubik, Hungarian Inventor

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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

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"The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird."

"The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird."

Alvin Lee, English Musician

38

"I am actually wearing slacks on the show more than I ever have - it is now acceptable, and I like mixing it up."

"I am actually wearing slacks on the show more than I ever have - it is now acceptable, and I like mixing it up."

Mary Hart, American Entertainer

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"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

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"We've plotted through the years of how to get to here, where we are now, or we would have never made it."

"We've plotted through the years of how to get to here, where we are now, or we would have never made it."

George Thorogood, American Musician

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"When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer."

"When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer."

Isaac Bashevis Singer, American Novelist

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"I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States."

"I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States."

Kyle MacLachlan, American Actor

Now, Past, states

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"Now I won't have to worry about the new series making it or not."

"Now I won't have to worry about the new series making it or not."

Michael Landon, American Actor

38

"I don't do any songs that I'm sick of now - sometimes even songs that I request. If I'm sick of 'em I don't do 'em even for myself."

"I don't do any songs that I'm sick of now - sometimes even songs that I request. If I'm sick of 'em I don't do 'em even for myself."

Jonathan Richman, American Musician

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"But of course it's different now, the blues is no longer blues, it's green now."

"But of course it's different now, the blues is no longer blues, it's green now."

Ruth Brown, American Musician

38

"I'm not working now, so I'm sort of facing the unknown."

"I'm not working now, so I'm sort of facing the unknown."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

38

"I take responsibility for myself and what I do now."

"I take responsibility for myself and what I do now."

Paul Gascoigne, English Athlete

Now, Responsibility

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"The show has boundaries right now we're trying to widen them not break them."

"The show has boundaries right now we're trying to widen them not break them."

George Eads, American Actor

Now, Right, Trying

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"The world is in your hands, now use it."

"The world is in your hands, now use it."

Phil Collins, English Musician

38

"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

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"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

38

"When shopping was still connected to the street it was also an intensification and articulation of the street. Now it has become utterly independent - contained, controlled, surveyed."

"When shopping was still connected to the street it was also an intensification and articulation of the street. Now it has become utterly independent - contained, controlled, surveyed."

Rem Koolhaas, Dutch Architect

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"That's true, because I'm a photographer now."

"That's true, because I'm a photographer now."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

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"When I was anorexic it just seemed like I literally wanted to disappear. And now I would like to reappear."

"When I was anorexic it just seemed like I literally wanted to disappear. And now I would like to reappear."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

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"After assembly complete, when we have a larger crew on orbit, a more complex vehicle, more laboratories and more robot arms, maybe we'll have room for specialists. But right now we don't."

"After assembly complete, when we have a larger crew on orbit, a more complex vehicle, more laboratories and more robot arms, maybe we'll have room for specialists. But right now we don't."

John L. Phillips, American Astronaut

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