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"Yeah, the record for most titles was previously held by the Fabulous Moolah, she won it four times. And a few weeks ago, I won the title for the sixth time, which has never been done before."

"Yeah, the record for most titles was previously held by the Fabulous Moolah, she won it four times. And a few weeks ago, I won the title for the sixth time, which has never been done before."

Trish Stratus, American Entertainer

44

"If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening."

"If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening."

Marge Piercy, American Writer

Time, Listening, Want

44

"In my spare time I like to sleep."

"In my spare time I like to sleep."

Jacob Lusk, American Musician

44

"You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy. It's all the other things that come with it that are a bit difficult."

"You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy. It's all the other things that come with it that are a bit difficult."

Don Johnson, American Actor

Time, Acting, State

44

"I'm very proud this show has been accepted for this length of time."

"I'm very proud this show has been accepted for this length of time."

Robert Stack, American Actor

44

"Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership."

"Fortunately, I was still living in Los Angeles at the time. So I went out to World Gym and got a membership."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

Time, Living, World

44

"What is history? An echo of the past in the future, a reflex from the future on the past."

"What is history? An echo of the past in the future, a reflex from the future on the past."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Time, History, Past, Future

44

"The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive."

"The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive."

Gillian Anderson, American Actress

Time, First, Right

44

"A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage."

"A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

Time, Knowledge, Performance

44

"I look at the Senior Al Gore that I had the chance to serve in the Senate with. A great human being. He went down to defeat to this right wing bunch back at the time."

"I look at the Senior Al Gore that I had the chance to serve in the Senate with. A great human being. He went down to defeat to this right wing bunch back at the time."

Birch Bayh, American Politician

Time, Being, Chance, Defeat

44

"I spent as much time writing proposals in '98 and '99 as I did writing scripts."

"I spent as much time writing proposals in '98 and '99 as I did writing scripts."

Mark Millar, Scottish Writer

44

"When does she do all this thinking? We're together all the time but she thinks deeply about things and with feeling and she can remember the facts. We've been married 48 years."

"When does she do all this thinking? We're together all the time but she thinks deeply about things and with feeling and she can remember the facts. We've been married 48 years."

Alan Alda, American Actor

Time, Facts, Feeling, Thinking

44

"For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time."

"For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time."

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

Time, Theatre, Years

44

"The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors."

"The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors."

Nicolas Roeg, English Director

Time, Acting, Actors, Difference

44

"I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that's the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix. I got to stand on the side of the stage and watch him for two hours and then he died. But I got the essence before they left."

"I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that's the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix. I got to stand on the side of the stage and watch him for two hours and then he died. But I got the essence before they left."

Stevie Nicks, American Musician

44

"It's almost scary how good things are right now. I've been engaged now for about a year, and it's the first time anything like that has happened to me."

"It's almost scary how good things are right now. I've been engaged now for about a year, and it's the first time anything like that has happened to me."

Bryan White, American Musician

Time, First, Now, Right

44

"I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time."

"I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

Time, First, World

44

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space."

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space."

Johnny Cash, American Musician

Time, Failure, Energy, Forget

44

"Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often."

"Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

44

"Never having alone time is real tough on people."

"Never having alone time is real tough on people."

Yakov Smirnoff, Russian Comedian

44

"At this moment, when Ireland seems about to break into something new, we thought it was worth looking back at a time when people seemed to have found a way out of the sectarian division of the country."

"At this moment, when Ireland seems about to break into something new, we thought it was worth looking back at a time when people seemed to have found a way out of the sectarian division of the country."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

Time, Thought, People, Country

44

"I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time."

"I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

44

"But when I came back into the city for the first time last November, I thought every truck, every building was going to blow up. It has truly changed me something fierce."

"But when I came back into the city for the first time last November, I thought every truck, every building was going to blow up. It has truly changed me something fierce."

Lanford Wilson, American Playwright

Time, Thought, Building, First

44

"A lot of the reasons why something is a favorite thing are all things you don't necessarily see, the place, the people, the time, where you are, what it meant to you at the time."

"A lot of the reasons why something is a favorite thing are all things you don't necessarily see, the place, the people, the time, where you are, what it meant to you at the time."

Jeffrey Jones, American Actor

Time, People, Favorite

44

"Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working."

"Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

Time, Work, Children, Mothers

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"I don't consider 41 being in prime of life. Even if I conceived a child tomorrow I'd be 52 by the time it was 10. I'm not sure I'd have the energy, and I find that quite scary."

"I don't consider 41 being in prime of life. Even if I conceived a child tomorrow I'd be 52 by the time it was 10. I'm not sure I'd have the energy, and I find that quite scary."

Jeremy Northam, English Actor

Time, Life, Being, Energy

43

"By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions."

"By the time the people asking the questions are ready for the answers, the people doing the work have lost track of the questions."

Norman Ralph Augustine, American Author

Time, Work, People, Answers

43

"We don't hate the media, it's just that when there's too much of it we get bored, but it happens to every human being. I don't think we even hated the media by the time that movie was made. We were just tired."

"We don't hate the media, it's just that when there's too much of it we get bored, but it happens to every human being. I don't think we even hated the media by the time that movie was made. We were just tired."

Ed O'Brien, English Musician

Time, Being, Hate, Media

43

"Material goods consist of useful material things, and of all rights to hold, or use, or derive benefits from material things, or to receive them at a future time."

"Material goods consist of useful material things, and of all rights to hold, or use, or derive benefits from material things, or to receive them at a future time."

Alfred Marshall, English Economist

Time, Benefits, Future, Rights

43

"We have lived through the flood time of fascism and of the nazism which ran its meteoric course at a cost to mankind in suffering and waste beyond all computation."

"We have lived through the flood time of fascism and of the nazism which ran its meteoric course at a cost to mankind in suffering and waste beyond all computation."

Emily Greene Balch, American Educator

Time, Fascism, Mankind, Suffering

43

"I lost that excitement I had when I first started out. It was all about the need to just get a job, and so I found the joy again when I was writing Deuce Bigelow. I was laughing so hard and along with my writing partner at the time, simply laughing until we cried."

"I lost that excitement I had when I first started out. It was all about the need to just get a job, and so I found the joy again when I was writing Deuce Bigelow. I was laughing so hard and along with my writing partner at the time, simply laughing until we cried."

Rob Schneider, American Comedian

Time, Excitement, First, Job

43

"I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court."

"I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

Time, People, Basketball, Being

43

"I'm a creature of habit. I go to restaurants all the time and stuff."

"I'm a creature of habit. I go to restaurants all the time and stuff."

Jason Schwartzman, American Actor

Time, Habit, Restaurants

43

"Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel."

"Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel."

Sara Paretsky, American Author

43

"Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be very amiable for all that, since he would have uncommon good sense."

"Once upon a time there was a Queen who had a son so ugly and so misshapen that it was long disputed whether he had human form. A fairy who was at his birth said, however, that he would be very amiable for all that, since he would have uncommon good sense."

Charles Perrault, French Author

Time, Son, Queen, Sense

43

"I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all."

"I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Time, Photography

43

"The stage is where I feel most comfortable, and I miss it all the time."

"The stage is where I feel most comfortable, and I miss it all the time."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

43

"It was a confusing time in my life, a really bad day at the office."

"It was a confusing time in my life, a really bad day at the office."

Boris Becker, German Athlete

Time, Life, Day, Office

43

"I like giving people something they don't want to miss the next time. It's a show with little twists and turns and curves. It has me being silly and stupid and compassionate and completely deep."

"I like giving people something they don't want to miss the next time. It's a show with little twists and turns and curves. It has me being silly and stupid and compassionate and completely deep."

John Mayer, American Musician

Time, People, Being, Deep

43

"I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it with me a long time ago. It's about an older woman who's running a ranch in the west the old fashioned way."

"I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it with me a long time ago. It's about an older woman who's running a ranch in the west the old fashioned way."

William Hurt, American Actor

Time, Film, Old, Running

43

"The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time."

"The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time."

Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian

Time, Devil, Spirit

43

"I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting."

"I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting."

Pierce Brosnan, Irish Actor

Time, Fighting, London

43

"The deals that were made for Black artists at that time were not the deals that were made for white artists."

"The deals that were made for Black artists at that time were not the deals that were made for white artists."

Solomon Burke, American Musician

Time, Artists, Deals

43

"Animals... don't have a sense of time. You just have to do things over and over with animals until they happen to do it right because they don't really know what you want."

"Animals... don't have a sense of time. You just have to do things over and over with animals until they happen to do it right because they don't really know what you want."

Bruce Greenwood, Canadian Actor

Time, Animals, Right, Sense

43

"When somebody has convinced you that you're not worth anything to anybody anymore, and they spend a lot of time doing it, you start believing it yourself."

"When somebody has convinced you that you're not worth anything to anybody anymore, and they spend a lot of time doing it, you start believing it yourself."

Ric Flair, American Celebrity

43

"You know, I was never totally thrilled with being a Fleetwood Mac member, but surprisingly, I was having such a good time reuniting with John, Mick, and Stevie."

"You know, I was never totally thrilled with being a Fleetwood Mac member, but surprisingly, I was having such a good time reuniting with John, Mick, and Stevie."

Lindsey Buckingham, American Musician

43

"Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation."

"Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation."

Daniel Day Lewis, British Actor

Time, Being, Burden, Film

43

"Plus, we spend most of our time writing music. Most of the time is spent in the studio in my house."

"Plus, we spend most of our time writing music. Most of the time is spent in the studio in my house."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

Time, Music, Writing

43

"Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego."

"Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

Time, People, Culture, Ego

43

"My children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them."

"My children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them."

Hunter Tylo, American Actress

Time, Life, Children

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