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Time Quotes


"The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of the earth pursue it consistently, and in a day's time they will have turned it into a Hell."


"Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever."



"And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon."


"There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one."


"Caesar salad is one of my favourite lunch foods. You can shovel it in and talk at the same time."



"Yet in all those cases I finally steeled myself to seize the opportunity, and find a way to muddle through and eventually conclude that I had, in fact, chosen the right path, as risky as it seemed at the time."


"I haven't stopped playing. If you play all the time, then your chops are up and you tend to grow."


"It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it has been in a long time."


"I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me."



"The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time."


"I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel like, I will go to bed at half past eleven. If that means going to bed early or late, that's what I live by. As soon as you get there, live by that time."


"Over the years you encounter just about every kind of crime. It doesn't harden you, but you become capable of reporting on just about anything human beings can do. However, any time we're dealing with the murder of a child it is always difficult."


"I'll dabble here and there in different forms of the art, but the label has me locked down like a slave so, of course, I'll be doing albums during this time."



"I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us?"


"Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet."



"One report said that since my time on the run I've had 2,500 girlfriends. I mean you got to realize, I've been on the run for more than 30 years, I have got to have had more than that!"


"It's unfortunate nine years were in between - you can't take that time back; you can't undo it."


"It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have."


"Because I get nervous all the time. It's weird but I think it's fun and it's refreshing. It's always good to be that way. That keeps me appreciative of everything."


"Every time I went out there I performed the best that I could and it was time to step back and clear my mind."
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