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"The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time."

"The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time."

Jackie Robinson, American Athlete

Time, Citizenship, First

28

"I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there's so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things."

"I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there's so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things."

Vince Vaughn, American Actor

Time, Celebrity

28

"Please believe that I do this because I am convinced that my illness cannot be helped for any length of time and I cannot bear to be a burden on anyone any longer."

"Please believe that I do this because I am convinced that my illness cannot be helped for any length of time and I cannot bear to be a burden on anyone any longer."

Susannah McCorkle, American Musician

Time, Burden, Illness

28

"What bothered me the most was the hesitation in his voice when he said that - like he was running out of time."

"What bothered me the most was the hesitation in his voice when he said that - like he was running out of time."

Katherine McIntyre, American Novelist

Time, Uncertainty, Fear, Change

28

"But that in and of itself this past year was not a factor in what I did for the national team every time I stepped out there, or in training, or when I stepped out there in the WUSA."

"But that in and of itself this past year was not a factor in what I did for the national team every time I stepped out there, or in training, or when I stepped out there in the WUSA."

Tiffeny Milbrett, American Athlete

Time, Past, Training

28

"Before I got through high school I had attended 22 different schools. In the time before I was well acquainted with the latest school, I would amuse myself by drawing and found that I was pretty good at it."

"Before I got through high school I had attended 22 different schools. In the time before I was well acquainted with the latest school, I would amuse myself by drawing and found that I was pretty good at it."

Marc Davis, American Artist

Time, Pretty, School, Schools

28

"This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next, and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom."

"This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next, and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom."

Sam Mendes, British Director

Time, Doubt, First, Freedom

28

"Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about."

"Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about."

Herman Cain, American Businessman

Time, Opportunity, Learning

28

"They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it they say, well, we found nothing, but now it's time for special counsel."

"They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it they say, well, we found nothing, but now it's time for special counsel."

Bruce Babbitt, American Politician

Time, End, Nothing, Now

28

"We want to make sure the thing you're looking for is on Google 100 percent of the time."

"We want to make sure the thing you're looking for is on Google 100 percent of the time."

Eric Schmidt, American Businessman

28

"Time marks us while we are marking time."

"Time marks us while we are marking time."

Theodore Roethke, American Poet

28

"The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around."

"The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around."

Herb Caen, American Journalist

Time, Pain, Trouble

28

"We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important."

"We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important."

Eric Carle, American Author

Time, Day, Eyes

28

"Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done."

"Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done."

Alain Robert, French Athlete

28

"One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it."

"One thing I learned a long time ago as a prosecutor is that it's tough to get people to obey a law if there is not penalty for breaking it."

Roy Barnes, American Politician

Time, People, Law

28

"I cannot remember a time in opposition - I am talking about the last four years - when we have done less work on policy and more on slogans. But because of my European views I wasn't allowed to participate."

"I cannot remember a time in opposition - I am talking about the last four years - when we have done less work on policy and more on slogans. But because of my European views I wasn't allowed to participate."

Kenneth Clarke, English Politician

Time, Work, Policy, Opposition

28

"I followed him at the time and thought he was hysterical. He was the first serial killer, a new kettle of fish, because we didn't have the detection techniques in those days."

"I followed him at the time and thought he was hysterical. He was the first serial killer, a new kettle of fish, because we didn't have the detection techniques in those days."

Matthew Bright, American Director

Time, Thought, First, Fish

28

"Time needs another minute."

"Time needs another minute."

Sly Stone, American Musician

28

"My efforts have been to not only put the Biblical incident in the original setting, but at the same time give the human touch which makes the whole world kin and which ever remains the same."

"My efforts have been to not only put the Biblical incident in the original setting, but at the same time give the human touch which makes the whole world kin and which ever remains the same."

Henry Ossawa Tanner, American Artist

28

"I am sure there will come a time when we are going to use AMD. The products have been getting better. The acceptance is getting better. But we have not been suffering as a company for either growth or profitability because we haven't had AMD."

"I am sure there will come a time when we are going to use AMD. The products have been getting better. The acceptance is getting better. But we have not been suffering as a company for either growth or profitability because we haven't had AMD."

Kevin Rollins, American Businessman

Time, Growth, Acceptance, Company

28

"Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry."

"Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry."

Bret Harte, American Author

Time, Eye, Patience, Will

28

"Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?"

"Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?"

Ralph Hodgson, English Poet

Time, Day, Man, Old

28

"It just seemed to me to be a great story, set back in its time but something that seemed to have relevance for our time. Now that the film is coming out, it looks like we're back in another time where repression of expression is all the rage."

"It just seemed to me to be a great story, set back in its time but something that seemed to have relevance for our time. Now that the film is coming out, it looks like we're back in another time where repression of expression is all the rage."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

Time, Expression, Film, Now

28

"I don't know how it is now but the assistant stage manager had to understudy several parts. You had to be ready to go on at any time if the actor couldn't make it to the play. I didn't think anything of it."

"I don't know how it is now but the assistant stage manager had to understudy several parts. You had to be ready to go on at any time if the actor couldn't make it to the play. I didn't think anything of it."

Glenn Ford, American Actor

Time, Manager, Now

28

"You know, I've done this show for six years, and this could be the first time that I had a person that actually got no points, and I think it's a damn fine way to go out. I thought I was a loser until you walked up here; you made me feel like a man."

"You know, I've done this show for six years, and this could be the first time that I had a person that actually got no points, and I think it's a damn fine way to go out. I thought I was a loser until you walked up here; you made me feel like a man."

Ray Combs, American Comedian

Time, Thought, First, Man

28

"Marc Almond has done a couple of covers, a few people in Europa have done them. I own all the publishing. It's never really been addressed, as I haven't had the time to go out and tout the songs."

"Marc Almond has done a couple of covers, a few people in Europa have done them. I own all the publishing. It's never really been addressed, as I haven't had the time to go out and tout the songs."

Peter Hammill, English Musician

Time, People, Publishing, Songs

28

"A big part of letting go is recognizing when it is time to stay in a situation and when it is time to move on."

"A big part of letting go is recognizing when it is time to stay in a situation and when it is time to move on."

Darren L. Johnson, American Author

28

"I don't pretend anything anymore. I don't have time, desire or energy to calculate anymore."

"I don't pretend anything anymore. I don't have time, desire or energy to calculate anymore."

Thomas Kretschmann, German Actor

Time, Desire, Energy

28

"We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office."

"We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office."

Ed Gillespie, American Politician

Time, Committee, First, Office

28

"I have the feeling that this Moscow Pact will at some time or other exact vengeance upon National Socialism."

"I have the feeling that this Moscow Pact will at some time or other exact vengeance upon National Socialism."

Alfred Rosenberg, German Soldier

Time, Feeling, Socialism, Vengeance

28

"The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time."

"The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time."

Mary Wilson Little, American Writer

28

"All of them turned their backs on me at that time because they thought I was a troublemaker."

"All of them turned their backs on me at that time because they thought I was a troublemaker."

Fred Korematsu, American Celebrity

28

"'Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."

"'Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."

Edward Moore, English Dramatist

Time, Now, Roses, Sorrow

28

"I don't think there's any way it could have failed. We don't know failure in this band. We didn't know failure. We got to know it a little after awhile but at that time there was no such word."

"I don't think there's any way it could have failed. We don't know failure in this band. We didn't know failure. We got to know it a little after awhile but at that time there was no such word."

Roger Daltrey, English Musician

Time, Failure, Word

28

"For me the most moving moment came when I first started working on 2001. I was already in awe of him, and he had very much already become Stanley Kubrick by the time the film started."

"For me the most moving moment came when I first started working on 2001. I was already in awe of him, and he had very much already become Stanley Kubrick by the time the film started."

Keir Dullea, American Actor

Time, Film, First

28

"The reason I used a name was because I was a nurse at the time, and I didn't want my name in Timeout and people from working coming along and taking the piss."

"The reason I used a name was because I was a nurse at the time, and I didn't want my name in Timeout and people from working coming along and taking the piss."

Jo Brand, British Comedian

Time, People, Name, Reason

28

"There was a pause as Leopardstar strained to take a breath, and Mistyfoot half rose, ready to call for help. Then Leopardstar relaxed again. 'I am sorry not to have known the joy of having kits. There was a time when I thought it might happen, but it was not to be.' Her words faded away as though she was picturing something she had dreamed of long ago. 'Perhaps it was for the best. But I would have been proud to call you my daughter, Mistyfoot."

"There was a pause as Leopardstar strained to take a breath, and Mistyfoot half rose, ready to call for help. Then Leopardstar relaxed again. 'I am sorry not to have known the joy of having kits. There was a time when I thought it might happen, but it was not to be.' Her words faded away as though she was picturing something she had dreamed of long ago. 'Perhaps it was for the best. But I would have been proud to call you my daughter, Mistyfoot."

Erin Hunter, British Author

Time, Loss, Memory, Family, Love

28

"If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding."

"If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding."

Andrea Jung, American Businessman

Time, Change, Will

28

"I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher."

"I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher."

Rogers Hornsby, American Athlete

Time, Help, Sound

28

"The first time I heard The Beatles, I cried. It was 'Let it Be'."

"The first time I heard The Beatles, I cried. It was 'Let it Be'."

James Durbin, American Musician

28

"Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time."

"Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time."

Grace Abbott, American Activist

Time, Children, Disease, End

28

"For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure."

"For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure."

Armistead Maupin, American Novelist

Time, People, Celebrity, Pleasure

28

"Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time."

"Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time."

Tracy Kidder, American Author

Time, Sense, Will, World

28

"It's not that Shakespeare is frivolous, but you spend your time just getting people to dress up in other people's costumes and pretending to be people that they're not, and you think, after the years go by, well, what on earth was all that about?"

"It's not that Shakespeare is frivolous, but you spend your time just getting people to dress up in other people's costumes and pretending to be people that they're not, and you think, after the years go by, well, what on earth was all that about?"

Jonathan Miller, British Entertainer

Time, People, Dress, Earth

28

"There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time."

"There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time."

John D. Barrow, English Scientist

Time, Beginning, Universe

28

"I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in."

"I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in."

Tracy Kidder, American Author

Time, Beginning, Effort, Want

28

"Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time."

"Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time."

Bob Dole, American Politician

28

"Certainly after the tragedy in Neil's life, we were holding out hope for his recovery. It wasn't too promising at the time and obviously you get to the point of thinking that that is it."

"Certainly after the tragedy in Neil's life, we were holding out hope for his recovery. It wasn't too promising at the time and obviously you get to the point of thinking that that is it."

Alex Lifeson, Canadian Musician

Time, Life, Hope, Thinking

27

"Of course there will be disappointments and the way will not always be as I expected it. But if it seemed easy, then that would be the time to worry that I am on the wrong path."

"Of course there will be disappointments and the way will not always be as I expected it. But if it seemed easy, then that would be the time to worry that I am on the wrong path."

Anne Perry, British Novelist

Time, Disappointments, Will, Worry

27

"There was a time when a man was so convinced that the world was round that he was determined to prove it."

"There was a time when a man was so convinced that the world was round that he was determined to prove it."

Ernest Holmes, American Theologian

Time, Man, World

27

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