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"Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana."

"Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana."

Don Mattingly, American Athlete

Time, Character

26

"I am a firm believer in free but fair trade. However the United States should not be on the losing end of trade agreements that are not enforced. It is time that we make China play fairly."

"I am a firm believer in free but fair trade. However the United States should not be on the losing end of trade agreements that are not enforced. It is time that we make China play fairly."

Elizabeth Dole, American Politician

Time, End, Losing, Play

26

"We all worry about the population explosion, but we don't worry about it at the right time."

"We all worry about the population explosion, but we don't worry about it at the right time."

Arthur Hoppe, American Columnist

Time, Population, Right, Worry

26

"I learned everything from that show, so it's just a wonderful memory to me. A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show... I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that's a good thing!"

"I learned everything from that show, so it's just a wonderful memory to me. A lot of people would be embarrassed to admit that they were on 'Barney', but I embrace the fact. I just had such a wonderful time doing that show... I learned what a camera and prop is, and all that. I learned my manners too, so I guess that's a good thing!"

Selena Gomez, American Actress

Time, People, Fact, Manners

26

"We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we should have ampler time and cover more than a mere corner of the range."

"We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we should have ampler time and cover more than a mere corner of the range."

Ernest Thompson Seton, American Leader

Time, Desire, Now

26

"Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot."

"Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot."

Michael Mann, American Director

Time, Creativity, Choices, Hawks

26

"We started playing the Baltimore Colts early, and I was still very impressed with Johnny Unitas, who just passed away recently. I thought he was one of the best quarterbacks at the time when I was very young, he was in his prime."

"We started playing the Baltimore Colts early, and I was still very impressed with Johnny Unitas, who just passed away recently. I thought he was one of the best quarterbacks at the time when I was very young, he was in his prime."

Bob Lilly, American Athlete

26

"I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything."

"I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything."

Dan Millman, American Author

Time, Priorities

26

"The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses."

"The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses."

Diane Wood, American Judge

Time, Flexibility, Generations, Needs

26

"If Sir John A. MacDonald or any other leader of that day were here now, he would have a different program from that of sixty years ago. He sought to give his people policies suited to the time in which he lived."

"If Sir John A. MacDonald or any other leader of that day were here now, he would have a different program from that of sixty years ago. He sought to give his people policies suited to the time in which he lived."

John Bracken, Canadian Politician

Time, Leader, People, Day

26

"I've been a vegetarian for so long, I forgot how much I missed meat. You know you don't realize how important meat is to you until you don't have it for long time."

"I've been a vegetarian for so long, I forgot how much I missed meat. You know you don't realize how important meat is to you until you don't have it for long time."

Brittany Daniel, American Actress

26

"It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice."

"It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice."

Eric Lindros, Canadian Athlete

26

"Night-time is being brushed aside like so much cobweb. The day is wound up and begins even before the last haunted dreams, the last of the fog, those spectral and evanescent residues, have faded away."

"Night-time is being brushed aside like so much cobweb. The day is wound up and begins even before the last haunted dreams, the last of the fog, those spectral and evanescent residues, have faded away."

Gregory Maguire, American Novelist

Time, Night, Observation, Life

26

"Jurgen loved London because he could get lost here. He said that it was the first time he could do that in eight years. No one knew him or bothered him. It is great for a person to be able to get lost."

"Jurgen loved London because he could get lost here. He said that it was the first time he could do that in eight years. No one knew him or bothered him. It is great for a person to be able to get lost."

Teddy Sheringham, English Athlete

Time, First, London, Years

26

"The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time."

"The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win the toss, at the right time."

Richie Benaud, Australian Athlete

Time, Ability, Right

26

"Most of the managers are lifetime .220 hitters. For years pitchers have been getting these managers out 75% of the time and that's why they don't like us."

"Most of the managers are lifetime .220 hitters. For years pitchers have been getting these managers out 75% of the time and that's why they don't like us."

Bill Lee, American Athlete

Time, Managers, Years

26

"Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic."

"Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic."

John A. Logan, American Soldier

Time, People, Generations, Neglect

26

"I can't see America any other way than with a European's eyes. It fascinates me and terrifies me at the same time."

"I can't see America any other way than with a European's eyes. It fascinates me and terrifies me at the same time."

Sergio Leone, Italian Director

Time, America, Eyes

26

"What will it profit this country if we... put our man on the Moon by 1970 and at the same time you can't walk down Woodward Avenue in this city without fear of some violence?"

"What will it profit this country if we... put our man on the Moon by 1970 and at the same time you can't walk down Woodward Avenue in this city without fear of some violence?"

Jerome Cavanagh, American Politician

Time, Fear, Country, Man

26

"For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim."

"For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim."

Philip Pullman, British Writer

26

"I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it."

"I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

26

"I had never, ever drunk beer in high school, and by the time I got to Tech we were having these parties out in the cotton fields and getting so drunk. I was the champion beer drinker; suddenly I was pouring it down my throat... Insane! Insane!"

"I had never, ever drunk beer in high school, and by the time I got to Tech we were having these parties out in the cotton fields and getting so drunk. I was the champion beer drinker; suddenly I was pouring it down my throat... Insane! Insane!"

Bob Livingston, American Politician

Time, Beer, School

26

"You've come to me now at this point in time, when The Neptunes are just now getting our light."

"You've come to me now at this point in time, when The Neptunes are just now getting our light."

Chad Hugo, American Musician

Time, Light, Now

26

"Just in the past few years - since I've been making movies, which isn't a very long time - you now have a culture that is fascinated and informed about the box office in a way that sometimes filmmakers weren't even."

"Just in the past few years - since I've been making movies, which isn't a very long time - you now have a culture that is fascinated and informed about the box office in a way that sometimes filmmakers weren't even."

Neil LaBute, American Director

Time, Movies, Culture, Now

26

"I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them."

"I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them."

Shaun White, American Athlete

Time, Work, Money, Parents

26

"What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?"

"What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?"

Djuna Barnes, American Novelist

Time, Endurance, Ruin

26

"It's a great time of the year... if you can stand it."

"It's a great time of the year... if you can stand it."

Vin Scully, American Celebrity

26

"I believe if there is any place left where the humanity is still visible, it can not be anywhere else than in an Islamic society. Time would come when the world would be obliged to accept this reality."

"I believe if there is any place left where the humanity is still visible, it can not be anywhere else than in an Islamic society. Time would come when the world would be obliged to accept this reality."

Jermaine Jackson, American Musician

Time, Society, Humanity, Reality

26

"It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another."

"It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another."

Alan Cumming, Scottish Actor

26

"I feel that racial profiling may be a very complicated and long-standing problem. It will take a long time even to make tiny progress."

"I feel that racial profiling may be a very complicated and long-standing problem. It will take a long time even to make tiny progress."

Wen Ho Lee, American Scientist

Time, Progress, May, Will

26

"The human young must learn to perceive these affordances, in some degree at least, but the young of some animals do not have time to learn the ones that are crucial for survival."

"The human young must learn to perceive these affordances, in some degree at least, but the young of some animals do not have time to learn the ones that are crucial for survival."

James J. Gibson, American Psychologist

Time, Survival, Animals

26

"The external appearance of any construction projects that are created during the time of the National Socialist Reich must take on the sensibility of our time."

"The external appearance of any construction projects that are created during the time of the National Socialist Reich must take on the sensibility of our time."

Fritz Todt, German Soldier

Time, Appearance, Projects, Sensibility

26

"You look at the whole Human Rights questions, I happened to be there at just the right time when the country was awakening - this goes to the first question you asked - the whole country was awakening to a hundred years of injustice that hadn't been resolved yet."

"You look at the whole Human Rights questions, I happened to be there at just the right time when the country was awakening - this goes to the first question you asked - the whole country was awakening to a hundred years of injustice that hadn't been resolved yet."

Birch Bayh, American Politician

Time, Country, First, Rights

26

"I use the city because it saves time, I don't have to do a lot of research on the setting."

"I use the city because it saves time, I don't have to do a lot of research on the setting."

Walter Wager, American Novelist

26

"If I were to categorize what I sing, I have many different influences, and a lot of them are from back in time."

"If I were to categorize what I sing, I have many different influences, and a lot of them are from back in time."

Haley Reinhart, American Musician

26

"The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they're available all the time for everyone that wants them in person."

"The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they're available all the time for everyone that wants them in person."

Benny Anderson, Swedish Musician

Time, Work, America, England

26

"I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time."

"I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time."

Jim Hodges, American Politician

26

"Injustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its cauldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of time."

"Injustice boils in men's hearts as does steel in its cauldron, ready to pour forth, white hot, in the fullness of time."

Mother Jones, American Activist

Time, Men, Injustice

26

"I've been an amature inventor for a long time."

"I've been an amature inventor for a long time."

Billy Sheehan, American Musician

26

"The situation right after the fight wasn't too good; I believe I'm still the only champion in the world who never received the belt inside the ring once you've won the title. I held that against the English fans for a long time but I felt that also motivated me."

"The situation right after the fight wasn't too good; I believe I'm still the only champion in the world who never received the belt inside the ring once you've won the title. I held that against the English fans for a long time but I felt that also motivated me."

Marvin Hagler, American Athlete

Time, English, Fans, Fight

26

"When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time."

"When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time."

Arthur Ransome, British Author

26

"Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you."

"Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Time, Truth, Power, Future

26

"None can less afford to delay than the aged sinner. Now is the time. Now or never. You have, as it were, one foot already in the grave. Your opportunities will soon be over. Strive, then, I entreat you, to enter in at the strait gate."

"None can less afford to delay than the aged sinner. Now is the time. Now or never. You have, as it were, one foot already in the grave. Your opportunities will soon be over. Strive, then, I entreat you, to enter in at the strait gate."

Archibald Alexander, American Clergyman

Time, Delay, Grave, Now

26

"Time, still as he flies, adds increase to her truth, and gives to her mind what he steals from her youth."

"Time, still as he flies, adds increase to her truth, and gives to her mind what he steals from her youth."

Edward Moore, English Dramatist

Time, Truth, Flies, Mind

26

"I just wanted to be a guy who could earn a living as an actor, and I did that for a long time."

"I just wanted to be a guy who could earn a living as an actor, and I did that for a long time."

Gene Barry, American Actor

26

"Time is the fire in which we burn."

"Time is the fire in which we burn."

Gene Roddenberry, American Producer

26

"The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.'"

"The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.'"

Roy Blount, Jr., American Writer

Time, Drugs, Word

26

"Sometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time."

"Sometimes your friends are your lovers, or have been at one time."

Axl Rose, American Musician

Time, Friends, Lovers

26

"The answer I have is, you know, there a lot of things you can try to build to last. And what we try to do in our work is to come up with ideas that will last. Ideas that will stand the test of time."

"The answer I have is, you know, there a lot of things you can try to build to last. And what we try to do in our work is to come up with ideas that will last. Ideas that will stand the test of time."

James Collins, American Athlete

Time, Work, Ideas, Will

25

"When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer."

"When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer."

Eddy Arnold, American Musician

Time, Country, Guitar, Want

25

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