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"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it."

"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it."

Moses Hadas, American Writer

Time, Reading, Waste

27

"As far as I am concerned, the first episode of Buffy was the beginning of my career. It was the first time I told a story from start to finish the way I wanted."

"As far as I am concerned, the first episode of Buffy was the beginning of my career. It was the first time I told a story from start to finish the way I wanted."

Joss Whedon, American Writer

Time, Beginning, Career, First

27

"All this time I lived with my parents, and wrought on the plantation; and having had schooling pretty well for a planter, I used to improve myself in winter evenings, and other leisure times."

"All this time I lived with my parents, and wrought on the plantation; and having had schooling pretty well for a planter, I used to improve myself in winter evenings, and other leisure times."

John Woolman, American Clergyman

Time, Leisure, Parents, Pretty

27

"When it came time to go to the University, it was during the war."

"When it came time to go to the University, it was during the war."

Daniel J. Evans, American Politician

Time, War, University

27

"Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about if I was busy romping around with a brother and sister."

"Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about if I was busy romping around with a brother and sister."

Shelby Foote, American Author

Time, Sister, Brother, Thought

27

"I discovered freedom for the first time in England."

"I discovered freedom for the first time in England."

Emperor Hirohito, Japanese Royalty

Time, EnglFirst, Freedom

27

"There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against me, all about how disgusting and terrible I am and how no one should ever read my books, and it's not enough for them to hate me, they can't stand the fact that ANYONE likes me!"

"There are people who must spend huge amounts of time composing these online diatribes against me, all about how disgusting and terrible I am and how no one should ever read my books, and it's not enough for them to hate me, they can't stand the fact that ANYONE likes me!"

Poppy Z. Brite, American Author

Time, People, Books, Fact

27

"It's time to save the U.N. from its own scandals and mismanagement. It's time for U.N. Reform with teeth."

"It's time to save the U.N. from its own scandals and mismanagement. It's time for U.N. Reform with teeth."

Mike Pence, American Politician

27

"With photography a new language has been created. Now for the first time it is possible to express reality by reality. We can look at an impression as long as we wish, we can delve into it and, so to speak, renew past experiences at will."

"With photography a new language has been created. Now for the first time it is possible to express reality by reality. We can look at an impression as long as we wish, we can delve into it and, so to speak, renew past experiences at will."

Ernst Haas, Austrian Photographer

Time, Impression, First, Language

27

"I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze."

"I see no reason why I should tickle stones or waste time on polishing bronze."

Louise Berliawsky Nevelson, American Sculptor

Time, Reason, Waste

27

"I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe."

"I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe."

Francois Gautier, French Writer

Time, Being, Europe, Newspapers

27

"But each time I seemed to be climbing into a roller coaster and finding myself coming through the downhill run with that sort of dazed feeling that we all know."

"But each time I seemed to be climbing into a roller coaster and finding myself coming through the downhill run with that sort of dazed feeling that we all know."

Enzo Ferrari, Italian Designer

27

"I think anybody would have to be with out common sense to think there weren't aliens. There are billions of planets, and I am convinced Earth is not the only one that's inhabited. It would be quite an ego trip to think that. I think about it all the time."

"I think anybody would have to be with out common sense to think there weren't aliens. There are billions of planets, and I am convinced Earth is not the only one that's inhabited. It would be quite an ego trip to think that. I think about it all the time."

Sabrina Lloyd, American Actress

Time, Common sense, Earth, Ego

27

"You know, now it's sinking in. It's taken me a long time to realize - and it is sinking in - how important this book is. And I have a certain distance now. I've done it such a long time ago."

"You know, now it's sinking in. It's taken me a long time to realize - and it is sinking in - how important this book is. And I have a certain distance now. I've done it such a long time ago."

Eric Carle, American Author

27

"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time."

"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time."

Edith Wharton, American Author

Time, Pretty, Trying

27

"That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing."

"That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing."

Carol Kane, American Actress

Time, People, Being

27

"The one I was driving for at the time, Nissan, they pulled out after they won the championship, because it was costing millions of pounds to do a national championship and ok, that might be ok when you're doing an international championship, but not for a national one."

"The one I was driving for at the time, Nissan, they pulled out after they won the championship, because it was costing millions of pounds to do a national championship and ok, that might be ok when you're doing an international championship, but not for a national one."

David Leslie, American Journalist

27

"I am doing the job with the mentality that I am going to be here a long time and I hope that I am."

"I am doing the job with the mentality that I am going to be here a long time and I hope that I am."

Stuart Pearce, English Coach

Time, Hope, Job

27

"I've had 117 fights and that's the first time I've ever won."

"I've had 117 fights and that's the first time I've ever won."

Jimmy Piersall, American Athlete

27

"Anytime you have a difficult encounter with your child, there is a good chance that at least one of these factors is bringing out the worst in him or her: transitions, time pressure, competition for your attention, conflicting objectives."

"Anytime you have a difficult encounter with your child, there is a good chance that at least one of these factors is bringing out the worst in him or her: transitions, time pressure, competition for your attention, conflicting objectives."

Cathy Rindner Tempelsman, American Author

Time, Attention, Chance, Competition

27

"That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time."

"That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

Time, Danger, Now

27

"For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal."

"For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal."

Carl Bernstein, American Journalist

27

"Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have had no time to go fishing."

"Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have had no time to go fishing."

Clark Gable, American Actor

Time, Fishing, Hell

27

"Friday was Atlanta. That was fifteen bucks. Once a month, we made a six hundred mile trip from Indianapolis down to Atlanta, and at fifteen dollars, by the time you feed yourself and buy gasoline, you're minus about ten bucks."

"Friday was Atlanta. That was fifteen bucks. Once a month, we made a six hundred mile trip from Indianapolis down to Atlanta, and at fifteen dollars, by the time you feed yourself and buy gasoline, you're minus about ten bucks."

Lou Thesz, American Athlete

27

"I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment."

"I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment."

Angelina Grimke, American Activist

Time, Trust, Children, Occupation

27

"At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people."

"At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

Time, People, Girlfriend, First

27

"There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus, and consequently an uncle of the late emperor, whose name was Claudius Caesar."

"There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus, and consequently an uncle of the late emperor, whose name was Claudius Caesar."

Frederic William Farrar, Indian theologian

Time, Brother, Living, Name

27

"We've got a daunting enough task to provide a definitive account of what happened in 9/11, without fear or favor, something that will last and will survive criticism over time. And we think we can do that with integrity in a bipartisan report."

"We've got a daunting enough task to provide a definitive account of what happened in 9/11, without fear or favor, something that will last and will survive criticism over time. And we think we can do that with integrity in a bipartisan report."

Richard Ben Veniste, American Lawyer

Time, Fear, Criticism, Integrity

27

"The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something."

"The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Time, Action, Now

27

"Commerce is against morality. Morality is going to lose every time."

"Commerce is against morality. Morality is going to lose every time."

Robin Day, British Journalist

Time, Morality, Commerce

27

"When it comes to making decisions, I will come down on the side of Nebraska every time. If I have to choose between the White House and the farmhouse, I choose the farmhouse."

"When it comes to making decisions, I will come down on the side of Nebraska every time. If I have to choose between the White House and the farmhouse, I choose the farmhouse."

Ben Nelson, American Politician

Time, Decisions, Will

27

"Really, we don't know what to make of it except that we're delighted about it. We have all these fans thirty years later and they're still around and will probably be around for a long time to come."

"Really, we don't know what to make of it except that we're delighted about it. We have all these fans thirty years later and they're still around and will probably be around for a long time to come."

Russell Johnson, American Actor

Time, Fans, Will, Years

27

"Any time the Western way of war can be unleashed on an enemy stupid enough to enter its arena, victory is assured."

"Any time the Western way of war can be unleashed on an enemy stupid enough to enter its arena, victory is assured."

Victor Davis Hanson, American Historian

Time, War, Victory, Enemy

27

"People have a good time with all the catch phrases."

"People have a good time with all the catch phrases."

Verne Troyer, American Actor

27

"I didn't have the time to literally write and draw the strip at the same time."

"I didn't have the time to literally write and draw the strip at the same time."

Bob Kane, American Artist

27

"Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe."

"Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe."

Homer, Greek Poet

27

"And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle, it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition."

"And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle, it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Time, Happiness, Repetition, Man

27

"When I was 13 I asked my mother if it was possible for this to end - I'd had enough of it. And that was right about the time that we got a call for "The Exorcist" interview."

"When I was 13 I asked my mother if it was possible for this to end - I'd had enough of it. And that was right about the time that we got a call for "The Exorcist" interview."

Linda Blair, American Actress

Time, Mother, End, Right

27

"I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth."

"I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth."

Joe Wilson, American Politician

Time, Truth, People, Giving

27

"I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I'd plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let's move on to something where I'm starting from scratch."

"I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I'd plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let's move on to something where I'm starting from scratch."

Hal Linden, American Actor

27

"There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal actors performed in line with the ideas and values of that time, not of ours."

"There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal actors performed in line with the ideas and values of that time, not of ours."

Douglas Hurd, British Politician

Time, Ideas, Values, Actors

27

"We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them."

"We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them."

Christopher Reeve, American Actor

Time, Community, Day, Disease

27

"The time your game is most vulnerable is when you're ahead; never let up."

"The time your game is most vulnerable is when you're ahead; never let up."

Rod Laver, Australian Athlete

27

"And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be held accountable."

"And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines such that it and its people can be held accountable."

Erskine Bowles, American Businessman

Time, People, Goals, Objectives

27

"Playing with decks, for me, has always been about trying new things. I make it a point to keep trying different things, keep pushing it a little bit at a time."

"Playing with decks, for me, has always been about trying new things. I make it a point to keep trying different things, keep pushing it a little bit at a time."

Eric San, Canadian Musician

27

"I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own."

"I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own."

Patrice Leconte, French Director

27

"Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew."

"Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew."

Ron Moody, British Actor

Time, Film, Theatre

27

"It would absolutely suck if you paid a few bucks for a book only to find that on the first page it said, 'Once upon a time they all lived happily ever after' and the rest of the book was blank."

"It would absolutely suck if you paid a few bucks for a book only to find that on the first page it said, 'Once upon a time they all lived happily ever after' and the rest of the book was blank."

Simon Travaglia, Australian Author

Time, First, Rest

27

"Mountains were once my big adventure but is is over since a long time; I still dream from the wonderful days sometimes, read also a few pages from a mountain book. But the thought of doing again active mountain climbing has faded."

"Mountains were once my big adventure but is is over since a long time; I still dream from the wonderful days sometimes, read also a few pages from a mountain book. But the thought of doing again active mountain climbing has faded."

Fritz Zwicky, Swiss Scientist

Time, Thought, Dream, Adventure

27

"Well, for the reasons I mention above, although I am not sure the live shows were really so brilliant - but nobody could hear much so perhaps it did not matter! It was certainly a very exciting time for us all."

"Well, for the reasons I mention above, although I am not sure the live shows were really so brilliant - but nobody could hear much so perhaps it did not matter! It was certainly a very exciting time for us all."

Peter Asher, English Musician

27

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