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"I didn't spend a whole lot of time here, but I had the seven best years of my career in this city and having an attachment here 20-some odd years later is pretty special to me."

"I didn't spend a whole lot of time here, but I had the seven best years of my career in this city and having an attachment here 20-some odd years later is pretty special to me."

Paul Coffey, Canadian Athlete

Time, Career, Pretty, Years

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"Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea."

"Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Time, Indecision, Vision, Tea

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"But when they changed their plans time and time again, the dates became confused, the periods were mislaid, and one day seemed so much like another that one could not feel them pass."

"But when they changed their plans time and time again, the dates became confused, the periods were mislaid, and one day seemed so much like another that one could not feel them pass."

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Novelist

Time, Change, Confusion, Routine

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"In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time."

"In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Time, Country, Darkness, Night

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"Spontaneity has its time and its place."

"Spontaneity has its time and its place."

Arthur Frank Burns, Ukrainian Economist

Time, Spontaneity

16

"I think this journal will be disadvantageous for me, for I spend my time now like a spider spinning my own entrails."

"I think this journal will be disadvantageous for me, for I spend my time now like a spider spinning my own entrails."

Mary Bokin Chesnut, American Author

Time, Now, Will

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"As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time."

"As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time."

John Mason, American Explorer

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"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."

"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Time, Wisdom, Power, Truth

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"In her past were sweet passages, in her future rosy hopes."

"In her past were sweet passages, in her future rosy hopes."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Time, Past, Future, Hope, Memory

15

"Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now."

"Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now."

Denis Waitley, American Writer

Time, Goals, Future, Now

15

"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."

"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Time, Now, Waste

15

"Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute."

"Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute."

Zig Ziglar, American Author

Time, Goal, Determination, Power

15

"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in."

"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

15

"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."

"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Time, Shakespeare, Eternity, Legacy

15

"A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time."

"A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Time, First, Old

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"As with the future, it is not all at once but grain by grain that one savours the past."

"As with the future, it is not all at once but grain by grain that one savours the past."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Time, Future, Past, Memory

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"The mind of man works with strangeness upon the body of time. An hour once it lodges in the queer element of the human spirit may be stretched to fifty or a hundred times its clock length on the other hand an hour may be accurately represented by the timepiece of the mind by one second."

"The mind of man works with strangeness upon the body of time. An hour once it lodges in the queer element of the human spirit may be stretched to fifty or a hundred times its clock length on the other hand an hour may be accurately represented by the timepiece of the mind by one second."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Time, Mind, Experience, Spirit

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"I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell."

"I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

Time, Fight, Man

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"Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time."

"Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time."

Helen Rowland, American Writer

Time, Women, Man, Woman

15

"Let's forget the past and keep in mind the future, but enjoy the present moment."

"Let's forget the past and keep in mind the future, but enjoy the present moment."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Time, Present, Past, Future, Life

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"Within the 24 hours, make some time for your own work."

"Within the 24 hours, make some time for your own work."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Time, Work, Balance, Productivity

15

"That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time."

"That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Time, Knowledge

15

"I literally have meetings at eight o'clock in the morning, and I finish at nine o'clock at night. It sounds pathetic, but I don't even have time to go shopping."

"I literally have meetings at eight o'clock in the morning, and I finish at nine o'clock at night. It sounds pathetic, but I don't even have time to go shopping."

Stella McCartney, British Designer

Time, Meetings, Night

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"You know what? Yesterday will never come back. Close your eyes and see something! You shall neither see yesterday nor tomorrow. Open your eyes and you shall see today! Open your eyes to realities then! Today is all you have to make the change! Today is the day you have to prepare for a better tomorrow. Arise and see! Today is the day you have to make the best use of the lessons of yesterday! Open your eyes and see today! Today is all you have to make a change. Awake and see why you have today! Arise and realize why you woke up today! Make today your day!"

"You know what? Yesterday will never come back. Close your eyes and see something! You shall neither see yesterday nor tomorrow. Open your eyes and you shall see today! Open your eyes to realities then! Today is all you have to make the change! Today is the day you have to prepare for a better tomorrow. Arise and see! Today is the day you have to make the best use of the lessons of yesterday! Open your eyes and see today! Today is all you have to make a change. Awake and see why you have today! Arise and realize why you woke up today! Make today your day!"

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

Time, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Change

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"There are those of us who learn to live completely in the moment. For such people the Past vanishes and the future loses meaning. There is only the Present, which means that two of the three Aalim are surplus to requirements. And then there are those of us who are trapped in yesterdays, in the memory of a lost love, or a childhood home, or a dreadful crime. And some people live only for a better tomorrow; for them the past ceases to exist."

"There are those of us who learn to live completely in the moment. For such people the Past vanishes and the future loses meaning. There is only the Present, which means that two of the three Aalim are surplus to requirements. And then there are those of us who are trapped in yesterdays, in the memory of a lost love, or a childhood home, or a dreadful crime. And some people live only for a better tomorrow; for them the past ceases to exist."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Time, Past, Present, Future

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"You cannot replay time."

"You cannot replay time."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Time, Moment, Irreversible

15

"Time discovers truth."

"Time discovers truth."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Time, Truth, Statesman

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"I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging."

"I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging."

George W. Bush, American President

Time, Day, Want

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"Was then not all sorrow in time, all self-torment and fear in time? Were not all difficulties and evil in the world conquered as soon as one conquered time, as soon as one dispelled time?"

"Was then not all sorrow in time, all self-torment and fear in time? Were not all difficulties and evil in the world conquered as soon as one conquered time, as soon as one dispelled time?"

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

Time, Fear, Sorrow, Difficulty

15

"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."

"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."

John F. Kennedy, American President

15

"You are young," replied Athos, "and your bitter memories have time to change into sweet ones."

"You are young," replied Athos, "and your bitter memories have time to change into sweet ones."

Alexandre Dumas, French Dramatist

Time, Youth, Memory, Change, Hope

15

"Time is the king of men."

"Time is the king of men."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Time, Wisdom, Truth, Life, Power

15

"Time as he grows old teaches all things."

"Time as he grows old teaches all things."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

15

"Sometimes I don't even pull my shoes off for six weeks at a time, except, you know, just to take a shower. I just take breaks between 24 hours a day, just a break now and then, it don't take me long to rest; maybe 20 to30 minutes sometime, or maybe an hour."

"Sometimes I don't even pull my shoes off for six weeks at a time, except, you know, just to take a shower. I just take breaks between 24 hours a day, just a break now and then, it don't take me long to rest; maybe 20 to30 minutes sometime, or maybe an hour."

Howard Finster, American Artist

Time, Day, Now, Rest

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"Saving time is one of the great superpowers you can unlock in the modern era."

"Saving time is one of the great superpowers you can unlock in the modern era."

J.R. Rim, American Author

Time, Efficiency, Productivity, Power

15

"Chance, you've gone past something you couldn't afford to go past; your time, your youth, you've passed it. It's all you had and you've had it."

"Chance, you've gone past something you couldn't afford to go past; your time, your youth, you've passed it. It's all you had and you've had it."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

Time, Youth, Regret, Loss

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"This day is not a sieve, losing time. With each passing minute, each passing year, there's this deepening awareness that I am filling, gaining time. We stand on the brink of eternity."

"This day is not a sieve, losing time. With each passing minute, each passing year, there's this deepening awareness that I am filling, gaining time. We stand on the brink of eternity."

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

Time, Eternity, Awareness, Presence

15

"I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things."

"I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things."

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

15

"Think of tomorrow, the past can't be mended."

"Think of tomorrow, the past can't be mended."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

Time, Future, Past, Hope

15

"This time like all times is a very good one if we but know what to do with it."

"This time like all times is a very good one if we but know what to do with it."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Time, Present, Goodness, Action

15

"Thanksgiving comes after Christmas."

"Thanksgiving comes after Christmas."

Peter Kreeft, American Philosopher

Time, Order, Tradition, Change

15

"You hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, 'That man is a Red, that man is a Communist!' You never hear a real American talk like that."

"You hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, 'That man is a Red, that man is a Communist!' You never hear a real American talk like that."

Frank Hague, American Politician

Time, Freespeech, Rights

15

"But time growing old teaches all things."

"But time growing old teaches all things."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

15

"If I should be available to everyone, I will eventually end up with nothing to give to anyone. So the greatest gift you can receive from me is my time. Count yourself lucky if I give you a minute of my hour."

"If I should be available to everyone, I will eventually end up with nothing to give to anyone. So the greatest gift you can receive from me is my time. Count yourself lucky if I give you a minute of my hour."

Patience Johnson, Nigerian Author

Time, Gift, Values, Life

15

"It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all."

"It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all."

Alice Walker, American Author

Time, Father, May

15

"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course."

"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

15

"Comics were going down for the second time and here, all of a sudden, came this thing and for the next fifteen years, romance comics were about the top sellers in the field; they outsold everything."

"Comics were going down for the second time and here, all of a sudden, came this thing and for the next fifteen years, romance comics were about the top sellers in the field; they outsold everything."

Gil Kane, American Artist

Time, Romance, Years

15

"In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal."

"In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal."

Rick Warren, American Writer

Time, Justice, Truth, Power, Life

15

"To Sethe, the future was a matter of keeping the past at bay. The "better life" she believed she and Denver were living was simply not that other one."

"To Sethe, the future was a matter of keeping the past at bay. The "better life" she believed she and Denver were living was simply not that other one."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Time, Future, Past, Memory, Healing

15

"To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them."

"To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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