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"For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless."

"For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless."

Patty Duke, American Actress

Time, Idea, First, Lonely

45

"If it wasn't for Mick, the group would've fallen apart a long time ago."

"If it wasn't for Mick, the group would've fallen apart a long time ago."

Mick Taylor, English Musician

45

"And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. But there is a knowing when it's enough and you can leave it alone."

"And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. But there is a knowing when it's enough and you can leave it alone."

Bruce Nauman, American Sculptor

45

"If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist."

"If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist."

Stephen Hawking, English Physicist

Time, People, Scientists, Theory

45

"I'm telling you, it's so exciting playing out there because I'm playing well, you have the crowd behind you, and it's such a good feeling. I'm really having a good time out there."

"I'm telling you, it's so exciting playing out there because I'm playing well, you have the crowd behind you, and it's such a good feeling. I'm really having a good time out there."

Stefan Edberg, Swedish Athlete

45

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing."

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing."

Vince Lombardi, American Coach

Time, Habit, Winning, Losing

45

"No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now."

"No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now."

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican Musician

Time, Now, Past

45

"We discussed buying a defender. The view was the priority at that time given the way we were playing was that we needed support up front and that is why we bought Louis Saha."

"We discussed buying a defender. The view was the priority at that time given the way we were playing was that we needed support up front and that is why we bought Louis Saha."

David Gill, Scottish Scientist

Time, Buying, Support

45

"There are a couple of things that I'm sure people don't think are important, but I do. I don't like hair changes unless there's a reason for it. Clothing - I don't like to see an outfit worn more than one time in an hour - you can wear it again a few weeks later."

"There are a couple of things that I'm sure people don't think are important, but I do. I don't like hair changes unless there's a reason for it. Clothing - I don't like to see an outfit worn more than one time in an hour - you can wear it again a few weeks later."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

Time, People, Hair, Reason

45

"It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle."

"It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle."

Lynn Abbey, American Author

45

"When you look at Darling and the Oscars, it has to be luck. It was a black and white film and it was the last time that there was a black and white Oscar."

"When you look at Darling and the Oscars, it has to be luck. It was a black and white film and it was the last time that there was a black and white Oscar."

Julie Harris, American Actress

Time, Film, Luck

45

"Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America."

"Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America."

Warren E. Burger, American Judge

Time, America, Challenge, Feet

45

"Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome."

"Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome."

Sam Snead, American Athlete

Time, Fault, Want

45

"I delight not in spreading any thing mysterious, for I consider it all lost time; but the things that all of us can see and know if we will."

"I delight not in spreading any thing mysterious, for I consider it all lost time; but the things that all of us can see and know if we will."

Elias Hicks, American Clergyman

Time, Delight, Will

45

"I am very friendly with lots of people in rock'n'roll, because I spent so much time with them over the years through Mick's work."

"I am very friendly with lots of people in rock'n'roll, because I spent so much time with them over the years through Mick's work."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Time, Work, People, Years

45

"The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right."

"The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right."

Quentin Crisp, English Writer

Time, Happiness, Impression, Right

45

"Time is generally the best doctor."

"Time is generally the best doctor."

Ovid, Roman Poet

45

"From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important."

"From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important."

Tom Ford, American Designer

45

"People do not realize this, but my drug addiction was actually a short span of time. It was only for two years."

"People do not realize this, but my drug addiction was actually a short span of time. It was only for two years."

Corey Feldman, American Actor

Time, People, Addiction, Years

45

"Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was."

"Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was."

Art Buchwald, American Journalist

Time, Thought, Television, Wonder

45

"Well, I know I worked for Governor Rockefeller the last time he ran for his fourth term, and I obviously ran against Governor Cuomo the time he ran for his fourth term."

"Well, I know I worked for Governor Rockefeller the last time he ran for his fourth term, and I obviously ran against Governor Cuomo the time he ran for his fourth term."

George Pataki, American Politician

45

"Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing."

"Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing."

Tom Cruise, American Actor

45

"There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends in everyone's work."

"There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends in everyone's work."

Lynda Barry, American Cartoonist

Time, Work, Beginning, Consequences

45

"Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running."

"Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running."

Gary Sinise, American Actor

Time, Careers, Running

45

"It's all magic to me. Country to punk rock, all of it. Chopin to Kurt Cobain. But it always all comes back to punk for me, because that was the last time, punk rock or grunge rock, was the last time that passion ruled the airwaves."

"It's all magic to me. Country to punk rock, all of it. Chopin to Kurt Cobain. But it always all comes back to punk for me, because that was the last time, punk rock or grunge rock, was the last time that passion ruled the airwaves."

James Marsters, American Actor

Time, Country, Magic, Passion

45

"When I was 34, people would say, What's going to happen to you when you're 40? What are you going to do? You don't have much time left. And I was like, what are you talking about?"

"When I was 34, people would say, What's going to happen to you when you're 40? What are you going to do? You don't have much time left. And I was like, what are you talking about?"

Melanie Griffith, American Actress

Time, People, Talking

45

"But did I think it would last more than 13 episodes at the time? No, I didn't think that. I never know."

"But did I think it would last more than 13 episodes at the time? No, I didn't think that. I never know."

Fisher Stevens, American Actor

45

"I can't think of anything I want and need that I don't already have but at the same time, I'm not sated."

"I can't think of anything I want and need that I don't already have but at the same time, I'm not sated."

Ashley Judd, American Actress

45

"I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it."

"I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it."

Julie Andrews, English Actress

Time, Father, Being

45

"In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever."

"In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever."

Joe Montana, American Athlete

Time, Sports, Old, Play

45

"As you lecture, you keep watching the faces, and information keeps coming back to you all the time."

"As you lecture, you keep watching the faces, and information keeps coming back to you all the time."

George Wald, American Scientist

Time, Faces, Information

45

"All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that. But you have a deadline, you have an obligation. You've said that you will commit to this part, and I just can't live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can."

"All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that. But you have a deadline, you have an obligation. You've said that you will commit to this part, and I just can't live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Time, Giving, Obligation, Will

45

"I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn't know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me."

"I also know that while I am black I am a human being, and therefore I have the right to go into any public place. White people didn't know that.Every time I tried to go into a place they stopped me."

Stokely Carmichael, American Activist

Time, People, Being, Public

45

"I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?"

"I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?"

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

Time, Life, Soul

45

"Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?"

"Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?"

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Time, Gods, Pain

45

"The uniqueness of the unit was more or less that it was focused on a single individual. It was really the first time the agency had done that sort of effort."

"The uniqueness of the unit was more or less that it was focused on a single individual. It was really the first time the agency had done that sort of effort."

Michael Scheuer, American Public Servant

Time, Effort, First, Uniqueness

45

"But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us."

"But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us."

Lindsey Buckingham, American Musician

45

"Hey, I've been doing what I do for a long time, my friend."

"Hey, I've been doing what I do for a long time, my friend."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

45

"My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries."

"My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries."

Eliza Dushku, American Actress

Time, Mother, Countries, Russia

45

"One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future, so that those relationships can persist over time."

"One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future, so that those relationships can persist over time."

Kevin Kelly, American Editor

Time, Future, Relationships

45

"Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind."

"Time is the father of truth, its mother is our mind."

Giordano Bruno, Italian Philosopher

Time, Mother, Father, Truth

45

"The first time I was in his office was when they called me in to tell me they had changed my name. I had a feeling that if I'd gone along with the name they'd chosen, I'd never be seen again. I'd be swallowed up by that name, because it was a false name: Kit Marlowe."

"The first time I was in his office was when they called me in to tell me they had changed my name. I had a feeling that if I'd gone along with the name they'd chosen, I'd never be seen again. I'd be swallowed up by that name, because it was a false name: Kit Marlowe."

Kim Novak, American Actress

Time, Feeling, First, Name

45

"I think it's an extremely important factor to have your team together. It goes back to having distractions. When you all stay together for a period of time you're not training people or feeling out different personalities."

"I think it's an extremely important factor to have your team together. It goes back to having distractions. When you all stay together for a period of time you're not training people or feeling out different personalities."

Larry Dixon, American Politician

Time, People, Feeling, Training

45

"I've seen the Mass For The End Of Time in concert but my brother's the more musical one really."

"I've seen the Mass For The End Of Time in concert but my brother's the more musical one really."

Colin Greenwood, British Musician

Time, Brother, End

45

"It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful."

"It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful."

Billy Wilder, American Director

45

"I was, I remember, I still remember when the first time I pointed the telescope at the sky and I saw Saturn with the rings. It was a beautiful image."

"I was, I remember, I still remember when the first time I pointed the telescope at the sky and I saw Saturn with the rings. It was a beautiful image."

Umberto Guidoni, Italian Astronaut

Time, First, Sky

45

"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else."

"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

45

$"Similarly, many a young man, hearing for the first time of the refraction of stellar light, has thought that doubt was cast on the whole of astronomy, whereas nothing is required but an easily effected and unimportant correction to put everything right again."$

"Similarly, many a young man, hearing for the first time of the refraction of stellar light, has thought that doubt was cast on the whole of astronomy, whereas nothing is required but an easily effected and unimportant correction to put everything right again."

Ernst Mach, Austrian Physicist

Time, Thought, Astronomy, Correction

45

"I've done the gay, over-the-top guy. I want to jump into another show where I wear pants for the majority of the time."

"I've done the gay, over-the-top guy. I want to jump into another show where I wear pants for the majority of the time."

Jai Rodriguez, American Actor

Time, Gay, Majority, Want

45

"I get nervous around girls for the first time. Once I'm in, I can take the reins and go. It's just the initial approach I'm really bad at."

"I get nervous around girls for the first time. Once I'm in, I can take the reins and go. It's just the initial approach I'm really bad at."

Jensen Ackles, American Actor

Time, First, Girls

45

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