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"The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done."

"The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done."

Mary Frances Berry, American Writer

Time, People, Saying

29

"Time is the wisest counsellor of all."

"Time is the wisest counsellor of all."

Pericles, Greek Statesman

29

"Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing."

"Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing."

Alexander Woollcott, American Critic

29

"Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night."

"Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night."

George Allen, Sr., American Coach

Time, Leisure, Night, Sleep

29

"It takes a long time to publish a book."

"It takes a long time to publish a book."

Kenneth Koch, American Poet

29

"I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning - organize."

"I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning - organize."

Joe Hill, American Activist

Time, Mourning, Waste, Will

29

"How many times will this Congress waste time on an issue that a majority of Americans do not want?"

"How many times will this Congress waste time on an issue that a majority of Americans do not want?"

Raul Grijalva, American Politician

Time, Americans, Congress, Majority

29

"I made every single piece myself, each individual component, so it was quite time consuming."

"I made every single piece myself, each individual component, so it was quite time consuming."

Kit Williams, British Author

29

"When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much as I can. I learned that all you have to be willing to do is give your time."

"When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much as I can. I learned that all you have to be willing to do is give your time."

Darius Rucker, American Musician

Time, Growing up

29

"Let us seize the special opportunity that is ours to act boldly and decisively at a time when the eyes of our fellow citizens, both present and future, are upon us."

"Let us seize the special opportunity that is ours to act boldly and decisively at a time when the eyes of our fellow citizens, both present and future, are upon us."

Bob Taft, American Politician

Time, Opportunity, Act, Eyes

29

"It's time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts."

"It's time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts."

Mike Pence, American Politician

Time, Trust, Americans, Security

29

"Most people don't know who Ken Mehlman is. He's the chairman of the Republican Party, obviously, but what he's doing that Howard Dean isn't doing is spending a lot of time on the nuts and bolts of putting the party together."

"Most people don't know who Ken Mehlman is. He's the chairman of the Republican Party, obviously, but what he's doing that Howard Dean isn't doing is spending a lot of time on the nuts and bolts of putting the party together."

Susan Estrich, American Journalist

Time, People, Party, Republican

29

"I play a recurring role for a character named Doctor Imo. I assist the villain and show up from time to time."

"I play a recurring role for a character named Doctor Imo. I assist the villain and show up from time to time."

Keir Dullea, American Actor

Time, Character, Play

29

"It was a requirement by the veterans to list the 57,000 names. We're reaching a time that we'll acknowledge the individual in a war on a national level."

"It was a requirement by the veterans to list the 57,000 names. We're reaching a time that we'll acknowledge the individual in a war on a national level."

Maya Lin, American Architect

Time, War, Names, Veterans

29

"I think he will probably come round in time, I mean to renew the subject pretty often."

"I think he will probably come round in time, I mean to renew the subject pretty often."

Elizabeth Anderson, English Scientist

Time, Pretty, Will

29

"I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos."

"I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos."

Oscar Peterson, Canadian Musician

29

"Also there's two sides of it, I mean, a band like us, at our level and the way we have to promote ourselves and usually radio just completely turns their back on us, at the same time I think Mp3s help promote us somewhat, spreading the word about the album and stuff."

"Also there's two sides of it, I mean, a band like us, at our level and the way we have to promote ourselves and usually radio just completely turns their back on us, at the same time I think Mp3s help promote us somewhat, spreading the word about the album and stuff."

Kenny Hickey, American Musician

Time, Help, Word

29

"And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can be better than most of your usual ideas. And this is a whole other category that you can get into."

"And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can be better than most of your usual ideas. And this is a whole other category that you can get into."

Dave Brubeck, American Musician

29

"I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts."

"I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts."

Hazel Scott, American Musician

Time, Musicians, Public

29

"I don't believe that recordings should sound radically better than the artist, I think that's dishonest. For example, I'm not a great singer but if I spent enough time tweaking my vocals, I could sound like one. But I don't, what you hear is pretty much what I sing."

"I don't believe that recordings should sound radically better than the artist, I think that's dishonest. For example, I'm not a great singer but if I spent enough time tweaking my vocals, I could sound like one. But I don't, what you hear is pretty much what I sing."

Malcolm Wilson, American Politician

Time, Artist, Example, Pretty

29

"The truth of the matter is, you lose a parent to murder when you're 10 years old, and in fact at the time of the murder you hate your lost parent, my mother in my case."

"The truth of the matter is, you lose a parent to murder when you're 10 years old, and in fact at the time of the murder you hate your lost parent, my mother in my case."

James Ellroy, American Writer

Time, Mother, Truth, Fact

29

"At the time, we thought it was a nice way to say something unique about the group to make us different from all the other bands kicking around in London."

"At the time, we thought it was a nice way to say something unique about the group to make us different from all the other bands kicking around in London."

Gerry Beckley, American Musician

Time, Thought, London

29

"I was posted to China in the summer of 1988, which was the greatest time ever, I think, to have been in China."

"I was posted to China in the summer of 1988, which was the greatest time ever, I think, to have been in China."

John Pomfret, American Poet

29

"I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere."

"I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere."

Candace Bushnell, American Writer

Time, Europe, Gossip, Party

29

"For a London play, rehearsal time would be four weeks for the entire show. In films, I'd spend six weeks on the big dance numbers to get them perfect before the actual shooting."

"For a London play, rehearsal time would be four weeks for the entire show. In films, I'd spend six weeks on the big dance numbers to get them perfect before the actual shooting."

Jessie Matthews, British Actress

Time, Dance, London, Numbers

29

"Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light."

"Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light."

Boris Pasternak, Russian Novelist

Time, Cruelty, Darkness, Grave

29

"Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have."

"Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have."

Edward Everett Hale, American Clergyman

Time, People, Trouble

29

"What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation."

"What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation."

Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian Author

Time, Children, Haste, Information

29

"It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time."

"It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time."

John Travolta, American Actor

29

"He hath no leisure who useth it not."

"He hath no leisure who useth it not."

George Herbert, British Poet

29

"I think, like many others, I realized that only the massive introduction of American support in one form or another, could possibly bring about a rehabilitation of the economies of those countries within a reasonable time."

"I think, like many others, I realized that only the massive introduction of American support in one form or another, could possibly bring about a rehabilitation of the economies of those countries within a reasonable time."

David Bruce, American Diplomat

Time, Countries, Support

29

"So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others."

"So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others."

Elijah Wood, American Actor

29

"Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been."

"Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been."

Angela Davis, American Activist

29

"From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths."

"From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths."

Jimmy Connors, American Athlete

29

"We must use time as a tool, not as a couch."

"We must use time as a tool, not as a couch."

John F. Kennedy, American President

29

"I was 4 years old when I sang in public for the very first time."

"I was 4 years old when I sang in public for the very first time."

Mireille Mathieu, French Musician

Time, First, Old, Public

29

"I want people to be ecstatic but to cry at the same time."

"I want people to be ecstatic but to cry at the same time."

Wayne Coyne, American Musician

Time, People, Want

29

"Television has certain imperatives that CNN had the luxury of ignoring for a long period of time. CNN could take the position that the news would be the star, because in most of the programming day, they were the only all-news operation on the air."

"Television has certain imperatives that CNN had the luxury of ignoring for a long period of time. CNN could take the position that the news would be the star, because in most of the programming day, they were the only all-news operation on the air."

Brit Hume, American Journalist

Time, Day, Luxury, News

29

"Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn."

"Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn."

Delmore Schwartz, American Poet

Time, Fire, School

29

"Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time."

"Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time."

Teddy Sheringham, English Athlete

29

"One of the aspects of form that I have been very interested in is stasis - the concept of form which is not so directional in time, not so much climactic form, but rather form which allows time, to stand still."

"One of the aspects of form that I have been very interested in is stasis - the concept of form which is not so directional in time, not so much climactic form, but rather form which allows time, to stand still."

La Monte Young, American Composer

29

"They're not posing as being Jesus Christ all the time."

"They're not posing as being Jesus Christ all the time."

Jim Goad, Australian Author

Time, Being, Christ

29

"So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born."

"So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born."

Edward Dahlberg, American Novelist

Time, Truth, Consideration, Man

29

"Nobody from my label called any of their labels to get this done. Most of it happened very naturally. Mary and I have been friends for a long time. Then Jay-Z offered."

"Nobody from my label called any of their labels to get this done. Most of it happened very naturally. Mary and I have been friends for a long time. Then Jay-Z offered."

Angie Martinez, American Musician

29

"If something's important to you, you make time for it."

"If something's important to you, you make time for it."

Mia Maestro, Argentinian Actress

29

"And now after all this time I finally figured out how to trap him... I will become him."

"And now after all this time I finally figured out how to trap him... I will become him."

John Travolta, American Actor

Time, Now, Will

29

"At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time."

"At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Time, Delay, Folly

29

"Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be."

"Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be."

Jon Bon Jovi, American Musician

Time, Opportunity, May, Want

29

"There are so many factors when you think of your own films. You think of the people you worked on it with, and somehow forget the movie. You can't forgive the movie for a long time. It takes a few years to look at it with any objectivity and forgive its flaws."

"There are so many factors when you think of your own films. You think of the people you worked on it with, and somehow forget the movie. You can't forgive the movie for a long time. It takes a few years to look at it with any objectivity and forgive its flaws."

George A. Romero, American Director

Time, People, Flaws, Forget

29

"For the past seven years we have been cracking down on crime in Missouri, passing tougher laws for drug crimes and sex offenses and requiring prisoners to serve more time."

"For the past seven years we have been cracking down on crime in Missouri, passing tougher laws for drug crimes and sex offenses and requiring prisoners to serve more time."

Mel Carnahan, American Politician

Time, Sex, Crime, Laws

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