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"I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it."

"I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

Time, Play, Preparation

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"Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped."

"Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

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"Sometimes when you're just thrown into something, you are more ready for it than when you have time to think it over and get nervous about it."

"Sometimes when you're just thrown into something, you are more ready for it than when you have time to think it over and get nervous about it."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

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"Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time."

"Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time."

Sydney J. Harris, American Journalist

Time, Enemies, Lovers

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"My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing I remember is the town in Mississippi that I live in now, Charleston."

"My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing I remember is the town in Mississippi that I live in now, Charleston."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

Time, First, Now, Parents

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"The first time I went to New York, I met Alan Freed."

"The first time I went to New York, I met Alan Freed."

Johnny Rivers, American Musician

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"No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming."

"No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming."

Charles E. Wilson, American Businessman

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"In the forty years of the people's republic, some of the worst historical traits were preserved in our people. These included even the common characteristics developed in the economic reality of the time of partitions in the 17th and 18th centuries."

"In the forty years of the people's republic, some of the worst historical traits were preserved in our people. These included even the common characteristics developed in the economic reality of the time of partitions in the 17th and 18th centuries."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

Time, People, Reality, Years

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"In my time as Archbishop of Canterbury I've seen a growing sense of unity and mission."

"In my time as Archbishop of Canterbury I've seen a growing sense of unity and mission."

George Carey, English Clergyman

Time, Mission, Sense, Unity

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"Everyone's projecting onto you, or you feel like everyone is judging you. I feel like I'm being judged a lot of the time. You become really self-conscious."

"Everyone's projecting onto you, or you feel like everyone is judging you. I feel like I'm being judged a lot of the time. You become really self-conscious."

Kate Moss, English Model

Time, Being, Self

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"I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour."

"I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour."

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

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"Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not."

"Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not."

Virgil Thomson, American Composer

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"Sometimes I think the choir gets a little ticked with me because I haven't sung in a long time and I can sing."

"Sometimes I think the choir gets a little ticked with me because I haven't sung in a long time and I can sing."

Della Reese, American Musician

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"I don't know of any wrestler who hasn't, at one time or another, been with a fan. One time I met a woman at a match in Tennessee, and afterward we went to a little roadside motel. We checked in, went to the room, and enjoyed each other for an hour or so."

"I don't know of any wrestler who hasn't, at one time or another, been with a fan. One time I met a woman at a match in Tennessee, and afterward we went to a little roadside motel. We checked in, went to the room, and enjoyed each other for an hour or so."

Jerry Lawler, American Entertainer

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"Each organism, no matter how simple or complex, has around it a sacred bubble of space, a bit of mobile territoriality which only a few other organisms are allowed to penetrate and then only for short periods of time."

"Each organism, no matter how simple or complex, has around it a sacred bubble of space, a bit of mobile territoriality which only a few other organisms are allowed to penetrate and then only for short periods of time."

Edward Hall, English Lawyer

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"You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time it's finished, is a bit of a disappointment."

"You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time it's finished, is a bit of a disappointment."

Phil Collins, English Musician

Time, Thought, Disappointment, Song

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"I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that."

"I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that."

Portia de Rossi, Australian Actress

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"You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy."

"You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy."

Michael Beschloss, American Historian

Time, Example, Old, Years

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"I haven't been on the stage in a long time."

"I haven't been on the stage in a long time."

Erika Slezak, American Actress

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"Since doing the show I've been so busy that I've not really had time to mope."

"Since doing the show I've been so busy that I've not really had time to mope."

Kim Cattrall, English Actress

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"Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time."

"Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time."

Robertson Davies, Canadian Novelist

Time, Old, Pretty, Students

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"Community means people spending time together here, and I don't think there's really that."

"Community means people spending time together here, and I don't think there's really that."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

Time, People, Community

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"Preacher is a book that somehow allows me time by its settling on it's characters, that sort of modern gothic western feel. You're not likely to see the boat veering too far from that."

"Preacher is a book that somehow allows me time by its settling on it's characters, that sort of modern gothic western feel. You're not likely to see the boat veering too far from that."

Garth Ennis, Irish Writer

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"Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake."

"Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake."

Gordon Sinclair, Canadian Journalist

Time, Americans, Help, Name

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"It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country."

"It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country."

Will Durant, American Historian

Time, People, Country, Fool

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"It's just such an honor to say that I was in something by Steven Spielberg. I feel so blessed I got to meet such great people, and I got to go to a beautiful place, Vancouver, and I had a great time."

"It's just such an honor to say that I was in something by Steven Spielberg. I feel so blessed I got to meet such great people, and I got to go to a beautiful place, Vancouver, and I had a great time."

Dakota Fanning, American Actress

Time, People, Honor

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"The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!"

"The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!"

George S. Patton, American Soldier

Time, Fear, Decision, Battle

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"Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it."

"Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it."

Andre Agassi, American Athlete

Time, Work, Day, Hardwork

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"I also believe that when one dies, one may wake up to the reality that proves that time does not exist."

"I also believe that when one dies, one may wake up to the reality that proves that time does not exist."

Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian Explorer

Time, May, Reality

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"Looking back Little Lulu was an early feminist, but at the time I just thought she was a really feisty developed comic strip character."

"Looking back Little Lulu was an early feminist, but at the time I just thought she was a really feisty developed comic strip character."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

Time, Thought, Character

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"How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination."

"How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination."

Barbra Streisand, American Actress

Time, Discrimination, Laws

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"As far as the press is concerned, they're going to say what they want to say. Probably about 10-15 percent of the time It's accurate."

"As far as the press is concerned, they're going to say what they want to say. Probably about 10-15 percent of the time It's accurate."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

Time, Press, Want

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"Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time."

"Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time."

Gary Gygax, American Inventor

Time, Behavior, Children, Encouragement

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"It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time."

"It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time."

Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss Educator

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"Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball."

"Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball."

Mickey Mantle, American Athlete

Time, Games, Play, School

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"Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom."

"Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

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"My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my time to die."

"My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my time to die."

Joni Mitchell, Canadian Musician

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"I am determined to hold on as long as possible, but if I should disappear, I should not have had the time to familiarize my successors with the necessary information."

"I am determined to hold on as long as possible, but if I should disappear, I should not have had the time to familiarize my successors with the necessary information."

Jean Moulin, French Activist

Time, Information

46

"People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused."

"People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused."

Russell Crowe, Australian Actor

Time, People, Being

46

"Hooks need to be predictable and not predictable at the same time."

"Hooks need to be predictable and not predictable at the same time."

Ken Hill, British Playwright

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"This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment."

"This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment."

Menachem Mendel Schneerson, American Leader

Time, Management, Key, Value

46

"There are right and wrong reasons for doing solo projects, and this album was done for the right reasons. At the time there was no Judas Priest and I certainly wasn't going to hang my hat up on my musical career."

"There are right and wrong reasons for doing solo projects, and this album was done for the right reasons. At the time there was no Judas Priest and I certainly wasn't going to hang my hat up on my musical career."

Glenn Tipton, English Musician

Time, Career, Projects, Right

46

"We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum."

"We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum."

Charles Schumer, American Politician

Time, Crisis, Temper, Vote

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"Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country."

"Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country."

Jim Ramstad, American Politician

Time, Optimism, Confidence, Country

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"Jazz is all about improvisation and it's about the moment in time, doing it this way now, and you'll never do it this way twice. I've studied the masters. Why would I want to play ball after the guys who sit on a bench? I want to play like Michael Jordan."

"Jazz is all about improvisation and it's about the moment in time, doing it this way now, and you'll never do it this way twice. I've studied the masters. Why would I want to play ball after the guys who sit on a bench? I want to play like Michael Jordan."

Brian McKnight, American Musician

Time, Jazz, Now, Play

46

"I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old."

"I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old."

Ethel Merman, American Musician

Time, Old, Years

46

"It makes me feel guilty that anybody should have such a good time doing what they are supposed to do."

"It makes me feel guilty that anybody should have such a good time doing what they are supposed to do."

Charles Eames, American Designer

46

"Mike and Heather and I rapped once or twice in New York and then we all wound up on a train together on the way out to Maryland. I think it was about a month and a half from the time we got cast until the time we shot the thing."

"Mike and Heather and I rapped once or twice in New York and then we all wound up on a train together on the way out to Maryland. I think it was about a month and a half from the time we got cast until the time we shot the thing."

Joshua Leonard, American Actor

46

"There really was nothing like it at the time. We had good ideas for implementation, so we proceeded. I think it was an excellent solution to the reliability issues with existing search engines."

"There really was nothing like it at the time. We had good ideas for implementation, so we proceeded. I think it was an excellent solution to the reliability issues with existing search engines."

Shawn Fanning, American Businessman

Time, Ideas, Nothing, Solution

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"For one thing, when you're playing as well as I was at the time, you think you can play with anything. That isn't true, of course, but I didn't know it then."

"For one thing, when you're playing as well as I was at the time, you think you can play with anything. That isn't true, of course, but I didn't know it then."

Payne Stewart, American Athlete

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