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"In short, the time has come for us as American and Iranian citizens to apply our mutual energy, intellect, and goodwill toward strengthening relations between our two countries, as their destinies are intertwined."

"In short, the time has come for us as American and Iranian citizens to apply our mutual energy, intellect, and goodwill toward strengthening relations between our two countries, as their destinies are intertwined."

Cyrus Vance, American Statesman

Time, Countries, Energy

25

"You may delay but time will not."

"You may delay but time will not."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Time, Delay, Action, Consequence

25

"How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time."

"How does a project get to be a year behind schedule? One day at a time."

Fred Brooks, American Scientist

Time, Day, Project

25

"We deserved it. I mean, if you get a pummeling, you deserved it. But isn't it wonderful to remember a time that America was once so innocent that all we had to worry about was the next "Batman" movie?"

"We deserved it. I mean, if you get a pummeling, you deserved it. But isn't it wonderful to remember a time that America was once so innocent that all we had to worry about was the next "Batman" movie?"

Joel Schumacher, American Director

Time, America, Worry

25

"I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but a lot of the people in his administration were."

"I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but a lot of the people in his administration were."

Sally Quinn, American Journalist

Time, People, First, Nixon

25

"He thinks with regret of the great days when he could at harvest time at least go down into Hungary and work on the big estates and bring back, as his wage, a side of bacon for the winter. That was wealth, to him."

"He thinks with regret of the great days when he could at harvest time at least go down into Hungary and work on the big estates and bring back, as his wage, a side of bacon for the winter. That was wealth, to him."

Douglas Reed, British Journalist

Time, Work, Wealth, Harvest

25

"Alas, time stays, we go."

"Alas, time stays, we go."

Henry Austin Dobson, English Poet

25

"I think he was explicit that it was a slave labor situation, but I was not alarmed at that point, because there were so many tragedies involved in that war. That was the first time I had any indication that something was sort of strange."

"I think he was explicit that it was a slave labor situation, but I was not alarmed at that point, because there were so many tragedies involved in that war. That was the first time I had any indication that something was sort of strange."

Charles Guggenheim, American Director

Time, War, First, Labor

25

"I used to like whiskey. But it's been a long time since I've been drunk."

"I used to like whiskey. But it's been a long time since I've been drunk."

Claude Williams, American Jazz Violinist

25

"I'm not saying I didn't have ample time to recover, ample time to get to my best, I felt this year I did fine. When I stepped on the field for the national team, I was ready and able to make an impact, to score goals, to create chances."

"I'm not saying I didn't have ample time to recover, ample time to get to my best, I felt this year I did fine. When I stepped on the field for the national team, I was ready and able to make an impact, to score goals, to create chances."

Tiffeny Milbrett, American Athlete

Time, Goals, Saying

25

"My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons."

"My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons."

Meg Cabot, American Author

Time, Comfort, Favorite

25

"We began as restless and radical. Remember the spirit of 1997, but by the end of our time in office we had lost our way."

"We began as restless and radical. Remember the spirit of 1997, but by the end of our time in office we had lost our way."

Ed Miliband, British Politician

Time, End, Office, Radical

25

"Increasing recycling in Delaware is an idea whose time has come and, if put off, may not come again."

"Increasing recycling in Delaware is an idea whose time has come and, if put off, may not come again."

Ruth Ann Minner, American Politician

Time, Idea, May, Recycling

25

"Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't."

"Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't."

Melody Beattie, American Writer

25

"I wanted to be an up-to-date king. But I didn't have much time."

"I wanted to be an up-to-date king. But I didn't have much time."

King Edward VIII, English Royalty

25

"I can't really work on more than one thing at a time."

"I can't really work on more than one thing at a time."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

25

"I can't say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time."

"I can't say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time."

Roddy McDowall, British Actor

25

"You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time."

"You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time."

M. Scott Peck, American Psychologist

25

"If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers."

"If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers."

Ed Sullivan, American Entertainer

Time, Cure, Job, Joy

25

"It is people who are the objects of globalization and at the same time its subjects. What also follows logically from this is that globalization is not a law of nature, but rather a process set in train by people."

"It is people who are the objects of globalization and at the same time its subjects. What also follows logically from this is that globalization is not a law of nature, but rather a process set in train by people."

Tarja Halonen, Finnish Statesman

Time, Nature, People, Globalization

25

"I guess everybody saw it. It's a deal where I'd been racing cars a long time and I knew going around the track the fender was on the tire hard."

"I guess everybody saw it. It's a deal where I'd been racing cars a long time and I knew going around the track the fender was on the tire hard."

Sterling Marlin, American Athlete

25

"Fortunately, I happened to go east at a time when live television was centered in New York."

"Fortunately, I happened to go east at a time when live television was centered in New York."

Roddy McDowall, British Actor

Time, Television

25

"People are already self-selected by the time they've decided to become scientists."

"People are already self-selected by the time they've decided to become scientists."

Jonathan Miller, British Entertainer

Time, People, Scientists, Self

25

"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."

"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Time, Reason, Order, Existence

25

"I was always talking in weird voices from the time I was two. I guess I just found a way to keep doing it! I did get a degree in theater and took some voice-over classes... but most of it is just the same stuff I was doing as a kid!"

"I was always talking in weird voices from the time I was two. I guess I just found a way to keep doing it! I did get a degree in theater and took some voice-over classes... but most of it is just the same stuff I was doing as a kid!"

Grey DeLisle, American Musician

Time, Talking, Theater, Voice

25

"This gives us more time to attend the inner need."

"This gives us more time to attend the inner need."

Satish Kumar, Indian Activist

25

"Sometimes in the past when I was going to perform a piece again I would listen to old recordings and try to reproduce the material. This time I realized that carrying around old information, trying to get everything in, and still be in the moment just doesn't work."

"Sometimes in the past when I was going to perform a piece again I would listen to old recordings and try to reproduce the material. This time I realized that carrying around old information, trying to get everything in, and still be in the moment just doesn't work."

Meredith Monk, American Composer

Time, Work, Information, Old

25

"But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time."

"But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time."

Patrick Geddes, Scottish Scientist

Time, Drama, Space

25

"I call dealing with your calendar the 'calendar boogie because you seriously have to dance around to pull it alltogether."

"I call dealing with your calendar the 'calendar boogie because you seriously have to dance around to pull it alltogether."

Amber Hurdle, American Author

Time, Work, Planning, Organization

25

"Hey, look at this guy Kenny G. with his thing, walking up and down the aisles of the concert hall and running off the stage and playing the same time. It's old hat!"

"Hey, look at this guy Kenny G. with his thing, walking up and down the aisles of the concert hall and running off the stage and playing the same time. It's old hat!"

Jerome Richardson, American Musician

Time, Old, Running, Walking

25

"When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I wasted any more time on tobacco."

"When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I wasted any more time on tobacco."

Arturo Toscanini, Italian Musician

Time, Day, First, Woman

25

"Then hast our the Red Stone perfect with less labour, expense of time and costs, for the which ever thank God."

"Then hast our the Red Stone perfect with less labour, expense of time and costs, for the which ever thank God."

George Ripley, American Activist

25

"I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep."

"I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Time, First, Nothing, Sleep

25

"One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well."

"One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well."

Louis Kronenberger, American Critic

25

"Everybody gets to a stage when it's time to move on. I was bored, and the band wasn't going anywhere, so I left. I did a couple of shows on Broadway and some other things. I was busy. I just wasn't making records."

"Everybody gets to a stage when it's time to move on. I was bored, and the band wasn't going anywhere, so I left. I did a couple of shows on Broadway and some other things. I was busy. I just wasn't making records."

Peter Noone, English Actor

25

"No, there will come a time where I'm not gonna do this anymore. I mean, there will come a time, definitely, where I'll turn into Elvis - I'm gonna be fat and fishin', I guarantee you."

"No, there will come a time where I'm not gonna do this anymore. I mean, there will come a time, definitely, where I'll turn into Elvis - I'm gonna be fat and fishin', I guarantee you."

Tim McGraw, American Musician

25

"At this moment in time I did not say them things."

"At this moment in time I did not say them things."

Glenn Hoddle, British Athlete

25

"Who has time to manually spam web sites? That can't be very cost effective."

"Who has time to manually spam web sites? That can't be very cost effective."

Eric Cheng, American Photographer

25

"Time cools time clarifies no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours."

"Time cools time clarifies no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

Time, Change, Emotion, Patience

25

"There stands no contradiction between giving voice to legitimate anxiety and at the same time, as and when exchange of fire commences, looking to the rest of the country, as well as all of us in the House, to give full moral support to our forces."

"There stands no contradiction between giving voice to legitimate anxiety and at the same time, as and when exchange of fire commences, looking to the rest of the country, as well as all of us in the House, to give full moral support to our forces."

Charles Kennedy, British Politician

Time, Anxiety, Contradiction, Country

25

"If a band is really good and the chemistry is unique, it should continue. But I guess David is just very happy doing his solo career. He's got a different band every time he goes out."

"If a band is really good and the chemistry is unique, it should continue. But I guess David is just very happy doing his solo career. He's got a different band every time he goes out."

Chris Frantz, American Musician

25

"I could really care less about what they think about me, but at the same time, I do have something to prove."

"I could really care less about what they think about me, but at the same time, I do have something to prove."

Bobby Brown, American Musician

25

"No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man."

"No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Time, Man, Service

25

"In coming to the Congress as a new Member and becoming a fellow Blue Dog, we have had an opportunity to share and really spend a great deal of time in examining the challenges that our Nation finds itself in in getting its fiscal house in order."

"In coming to the Congress as a new Member and becoming a fellow Blue Dog, we have had an opportunity to share and really spend a great deal of time in examining the challenges that our Nation finds itself in in getting its fiscal house in order."

Jim Costa, American Politician

Time, Opportunity, Congress, Nation

25

"As far as I know, you only get one shot at this life. It only goes round once and time is precious. When I'm not working, you'd better spend that time with someone important."

"As far as I know, you only get one shot at this life. It only goes round once and time is precious. When I'm not working, you'd better spend that time with someone important."

Benjamin Bratt, American Actor

25

"When you were a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, you came in the morning; you had a supervisor who gave you a list of calls to make and a time to do it in."

"When you were a volunteer for the Bush-Cheney campaign, you came in the morning; you had a supervisor who gave you a list of calls to make and a time to do it in."

Ed Gillespie, American Politician

25

"A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead."

"A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead."

Abraham Polonsky, American Writer

Time, Holiday, Nothing, Now

25

"Many now born, by the time they are voters will compose part of a nation with a genius nowhere equaled, and with a vast territory upon which those energies and that genius can operate."

"Many now born, by the time they are voters will compose part of a nation with a genius nowhere equaled, and with a vast territory upon which those energies and that genius can operate."

Richard Parks Bland, American Politician

Time, Genius, Nation, Now

25

"When I play live, I feel how the audience is going and follow and lead at the same time."

"When I play live, I feel how the audience is going and follow and lead at the same time."

Kenny G, American Musician

25

"By Rice's own standards, the war was well underway by the time he took office. He was a war president the moment he took the oath. But did he act like one?"

"By Rice's own standards, the war was well underway by the time he took office. He was a war president the moment he took the oath. But did he act like one?"

Howard Fineman, American Journalist

Time, War, Act, Office

25

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