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"It was like an older but better version of Young Talent Time because we had more time to spend on it. There were three guys and three girls and we made thirteen episodes that were sold in the United States and Canada."

"It was like an older but better version of Young Talent Time because we had more time to spend on it. There were three guys and three girls and we made thirteen episodes that were sold in the United States and Canada."

Dannii Minogue, Australian Musician

Time, Talent, Canada, Girls

40

"I don't know why it is, but sometimes I feel like I'm 60. It's like I've been around for a long time. I felt that way even when I was 8."

"I don't know why it is, but sometimes I feel like I'm 60. It's like I've been around for a long time. I felt that way even when I was 8."

Rick Schroder, American Actor

40

"Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy."

"Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

40

"We recorded the record on a Saturday afternoon March 30th and I heard the record for the first time on April 6th. I was driving to school, literally seven days later."

"We recorded the record on a Saturday afternoon March 30th and I heard the record for the first time on April 6th. I was driving to school, literally seven days later."

Lesley Gore, American Musician

Time, April, Driving, First

40

"For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time."

"For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time."

Brian Eno, British Musician

40

"In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time."

"In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time."

Chaka Khan, American Musician

40

"There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer."

"There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer."

Nana Mouskouri, Greek Musician

Time, Son, First, Moments

40

"I had a great time doing Vegas. It's just that it takes a lot of time."

"I had a great time doing Vegas. It's just that it takes a lot of time."

John Elway, American Athlete

40

"I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy."

"I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy."

Anthony Doerr, American Writer

Time, Connection, Fish, Fishing

40

"The dull and stupid have a much easier time of it."

"The dull and stupid have a much easier time of it."

William Kapell, American Pianist

40

"I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a long, tough road, and I was like, if I just begin now, by the time I'm 40, I'll be good at it."

"I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a long, tough road, and I was like, if I just begin now, by the time I'm 40, I'll be good at it."

Jason Mraz, American Musician

Time, Idea, Now, Road

40

"The first time I heard of suicidegirls was when a model from there contacted me to see if I wanted to do a shoot. I can't remember what happened with that but we didn't end up doing it."

"The first time I heard of suicidegirls was when a model from there contacted me to see if I wanted to do a shoot. I can't remember what happened with that but we didn't end up doing it."

Richard Kern, American Filmmaker

Time, End, First

40

"I've never been one of those who wanted to fill my calendar up 90 percent of the time."

"I've never been one of those who wanted to fill my calendar up 90 percent of the time."

Gilbert Gottfried, American Comedian

40

"Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through debate is a powerful means of revealing truth."

"Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through debate is a powerful means of revealing truth."

Robert B. Laughlin, American Physicist

Time, Truth, Ideas, Conflict

40

"This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones."

"This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones."

Desmond Morris, English Scientist

Time, Successful, Motives

40

"Well it was sent to me, well because almost everything that is written in Baltimore is sent to me. And David Simon, who was a writer for the Baltimore Sun, spent one year following the homicide squad in Baltimore and he chronicled that period of time."

"Well it was sent to me, well because almost everything that is written in Baltimore is sent to me. And David Simon, who was a writer for the Baltimore Sun, spent one year following the homicide squad in Baltimore and he chronicled that period of time."

Barry Levinson, American Director

Time, Sun, Writer

40

"When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work."

"When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work."

George Kennedy, American Actor

Time, Work, People, Months

40

"Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out."

"Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out."

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

Time, Work, Fun, Now

40

"I don't think I had a Catherine Bach poster, but I know a lot of my friends desecrated those, big time."

"I don't think I had a Catherine Bach poster, but I know a lot of my friends desecrated those, big time."

Sean William Scott, American Actor

40

"Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

"Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."

Margaret Halsey, American Author

Time, People, Humility

40

"I have very little hope that any permission can be gained for your organization. However, I shall place it in a special folder with similar applications and raise the question from time to time with such people here as may have authority."

"I have very little hope that any permission can be gained for your organization. However, I shall place it in a special folder with similar applications and raise the question from time to time with such people here as may have authority."

Anna Louise Strong, American Journalist

Time, People, Hope, Authority

40

"We name time when we say: every thing has its time. This means: everything which actually is, every being comes and goes at the right time and remains for a time during the time allotted to it. Every thing has its time."

"We name time when we say: every thing has its time. This means: everything which actually is, every being comes and goes at the right time and remains for a time during the time allotted to it. Every thing has its time."

Martin Heidegger, German Philosopher

Time, Being, Name, Right

40

"One time they traded me for seven horses. Seven stunt horses."

"One time they traded me for seven horses. Seven stunt horses."

James Stewart, American Actor

40

"When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the "freedom of the press" goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism."

"When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the "freedom of the press" goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism."

Vladimir Lenin, Russian Leader

Time, Revolution, Now, Socialism

40

"I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in obscurity on things that I thought might point me in certain directions or teach me certain things - not knowing what that would be."

"I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way. I was very content at the time to toil in obscurity on things that I thought might point me in certain directions or teach me certain things - not knowing what that would be."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Time, Thought, Content, Obscurity

40

"It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime."

"It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime."

Rudy Giuliani, American Politician

Time, Crime, Law

40

"The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time."

"The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time."

Gustav Stresemann, German Politician

Time, Courtesy, Germany

40

"The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns."

"The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

40

"Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate."

"Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate."

Jet Li, Chinese Actor

Time, People, Talk

40

"Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war."

"Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war."

Loren Eiseley, American Scientist

Time, War, Beach

40

"Everything comes in time to those who can wait."

"Everything comes in time to those who can wait."

Francois Rabelais, French Clergyman

40

"People would read all kinds of reaction into it, but Tracy told me himself that half the time he was just standing very still, trying to look sober and composed. That takes nothing away from him. The fact he got away with it was a tribute to his talent."

"People would read all kinds of reaction into it, but Tracy told me himself that half the time he was just standing very still, trying to look sober and composed. That takes nothing away from him. The fact he got away with it was a tribute to his talent."

Cesar Romero, American Actor

Time, Talent, People, Fact

40

"You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession."

"You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession."

John Huston, American Director

40

"Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls."

"Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls."

Francois Rabelais, French Clergyman

Time, Effect, Force, Study

40

"Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about."

"Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about."

Earl Nightingale, American Entertainer

Time, Day, Deep, Interest

40

"Obviously, the most memorable has a lot to do with the time spent on the matter, and the Westerfield and Peterson cases are up at the top of the list."

"Obviously, the most memorable has a lot to do with the time spent on the matter, and the Westerfield and Peterson cases are up at the top of the list."

Catherine Crier, American Journalist

40

"Being a teenager is an amazing time and a hard time. It's when you make your best friends - I have girls who will never leave my heart and I still talk to. You get the best and the worst as a teen. You have the best friendships and the worst heartbreaks."

"Being a teenager is an amazing time and a hard time. It's when you make your best friends - I have girls who will never leave my heart and I still talk to. You get the best and the worst as a teen. You have the best friendships and the worst heartbreaks."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

Time, Teen, Heart, Being

40

"It probably goes without saying that I enjoy the potato pancakes, delicious hams and so forth that maddeningly turn up at this time of year."

"It probably goes without saying that I enjoy the potato pancakes, delicious hams and so forth that maddeningly turn up at this time of year."

Fred Melamed, American Actor

40

"There were a lot of drugs. We kinda just passed the time that way. For a couple of years we were all doin' anything we could get our hands on."

"There were a lot of drugs. We kinda just passed the time that way. For a couple of years we were all doin' anything we could get our hands on."

Layne Staley, American Musician

Time, Drugs, Years

40

"You see, I'd not a very good place here; the fellows looked on me as a sort of special object of ridicule, on account of the hat and cane, walk, and so on, though I thought I'd got over that by this time."

"You see, I'd not a very good place here; the fellows looked on me as a sort of special object of ridicule, on account of the hat and cane, walk, and so on, though I thought I'd got over that by this time."

Richard H. Davis, American Writer

Time, Thought, Ridicule

40

"I usually have 10 different animation projects going at a time."

"I usually have 10 different animation projects going at a time."

Tara Strong, Canadian Actress

Time, Animation, Projects

40

"Is there some risk every day we walk out our front door? Every time we get in our car? Yeah. Are we materially less safe now than we were 10 years ago? Whatever delta there is, it's very small."

"Is there some risk every day we walk out our front door? Every time we get in our car? Yeah. Are we materially less safe now than we were 10 years ago? Whatever delta there is, it's very small."

John Hickenlooper, American Politician

Time, Car, Day, Now

40

"I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy with in all the time I've been doing it."

"I don't think there's more than half-a-dozen cartoons that I've been really truly happy with in all the time I've been doing it."

Pat Oliphant, Australian Cartoonist

40

"Because her voice is, it's like the muscles and it develops all the time. That was the fantastic thing for us."

"Because her voice is, it's like the muscles and it develops all the time. That was the fantastic thing for us."

Andrew Lloyd Webber, British Composer

40

"Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes."

"Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes."

Jaclyn Smith, American Actress

Time, Months, Want, Will

40

"And so, I will be probably, since I am not involved in all the activity, I will have some spare time to devote to document all this busy part of the flight."

"And so, I will be probably, since I am not involved in all the activity, I will have some spare time to devote to document all this busy part of the flight."

Umberto Guidoni, Italian Astronaut

40

"Cease-fire is important, but it can last only for a very, very, very short time."

"Cease-fire is important, but it can last only for a very, very, very short time."

Silvan Shalom, Israeli Politician

40

"It's amazing, it doesn't feel like it has been 10 years since retirement."

"It's amazing, it doesn't feel like it has been 10 years since retirement."

Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian Athlete

Time, Retirement, Years

40

"Congress has changed the Social Security system over time, and over 20 times in the past Congress has raised taxes on Social Security in payroll taxes into the system."

"Congress has changed the Social Security system over time, and over 20 times in the past Congress has raised taxes on Social Security in payroll taxes into the system."

Chris Chocola, American Politician

Time, Congress, Past, Security

40

"The banding together by the nations of the world against Israel is the guarantee that their time of destruction is near and the final redemption of the Jew at hand."

"The banding together by the nations of the world against Israel is the guarantee that their time of destruction is near and the final redemption of the Jew at hand."

Meir Kahane, American Clergyman

Time, Destruction, Israel, Nations

40

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