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"Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self."

"Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self."

Samuel Alexander, Australian Philosopher

Time, Desire, Possession, Self

40

"The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time."

"The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time."

James J. Gibson, American Psychologist

Time, Mathematics, Physics, Space

40

"Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating."

"Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating."

Denis Waitley, American Writer

40

"Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake."

"Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake."

Walter Scott, Scottish Novelist

40

"To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time."

"To do theater you need to block off a hunk of time."

George Takei, American Actor

40

"I've spent an awful lot of my time in the air. I've had everything happen to me in a plane that could happen. Except a crash."

"I've spent an awful lot of my time in the air. I've had everything happen to me in a plane that could happen. Except a crash."

Brenda Lee, American Musician

40

"Every time I release an album my old record company releases another one."

"Every time I release an album my old record company releases another one."

Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Musician

Time, Company, Old

40

"I was a student at Harvard, and that's where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and painting were well known at this time."

"I was a student at Harvard, and that's where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and painting were well known at this time."

Henry Flynt, American Artist

Time, Music, Painting

40

"The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time."

"The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time."

Townsend Harris, American Businessman

Time, War, Habit, Opium

40

"I hope in time N. H. as well as the other States will feel the importance of Sovereignty."

"I hope in time N. H. as well as the other States will feel the importance of Sovereignty."

William Whipple, American Politician

Time, Hope, Importance, States

40

"I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few years. She was seeking help because at that time no one would give her a decent review. She was made fun of."

"I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few years. She was seeking help because at that time no one would give her a decent review. She was made fun of."

Marguerite Young, American Author

Time, Fun, Help, Years

40

"Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great."

"Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great."

Harry S. Truman, American President

Time, Class, Trying

40

"You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win."

"You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win."

Terry Bradshaw, American Athlete

40

"I want to make it faster than anyone has ever made it before. I'd like to be a legend by the time I'm 25."

"I want to make it faster than anyone has ever made it before. I'd like to be a legend by the time I'm 25."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

40

"I'm not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up."

"I'm not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up."

Lee Trevino, American Athlete

40

"It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't written about Oregon yet, although I've been there 20 years - possibly I'm almost due."

"It takes me a long time to get with a landscape. It took me 20 years before I wrote anything about Ibiza, and I haven't written about Oregon yet, although I've been there 20 years - possibly I'm almost due."

Robert Sheckley, American Author

40

"We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever."

"We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever."

Philip Pullman, British Writer

Time, Books, Rights, Silence

40

"You must never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it."

"You must never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it."

Charles Buxton, English Public Servant

40

"I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely."

"I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely."

Kim Basinger, American Actress

Time, People, Intuition

40

"It's probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emacs buffer is higher than with most software."

"It's probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emacs buffer is higher than with most software."

Nat Friedman, American Businessman

40

"And lastly, the political revolutions from 1911 to the present time have done more to bring about tremendous social changes everywhere than even the economic and industrial changes and the new schools."

"And lastly, the political revolutions from 1911 to the present time have done more to bring about tremendous social changes everywhere than even the economic and industrial changes and the new schools."

Hu Shih, Chinese Philosopher

Time, Present, Schools

40

"Jill and I arrange our lives to spend a lot of time together. That makes us both happy."

"Jill and I arrange our lives to spend a lot of time together. That makes us both happy."

Robert Wagner, American Actor

40

"I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed."

"I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed."

Ralph Ellison, American Author

Time, Being, Grandparents

40

"I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special."

"I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special."

Ted Allen, American Entertainer

Time, America, Attention, Detail

40

"They amaze me most of those remixes. Some of them are crap. But every time I complain, someone comes up and says they are for a different market that you don't understand. Some of the New Order ones are really great, though."

"They amaze me most of those remixes. Some of them are crap. But every time I complain, someone comes up and says they are for a different market that you don't understand. Some of the New Order ones are really great, though."

Peter Hook, English Musician

40

"Almost every scene, I re-think as I'm about to start drawing it, and at least half of the time I'm changing dialogue or whatever, or adding scenes or different things."

"Almost every scene, I re-think as I'm about to start drawing it, and at least half of the time I'm changing dialogue or whatever, or adding scenes or different things."

Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist

40

"I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I was doing what I was doing and nobody understood what I was doing."

"I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I was doing what I was doing and nobody understood what I was doing."

John Fahey, American Musician

Time, Thought, Forget

40

"Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. ... One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him. This is what our society needs - not new ideas and inventions; important as these are, and not geniuses and supermen, but persons who can 'be', that is, persons who have a center of strength within themselves."

"Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. ... One person with indigenous inner strength exercises a great calming effect on panic among people around him. This is what our society needs - not new ideas and inventions; important as these are, and not geniuses and supermen, but persons who can 'be', that is, persons who have a center of strength within themselves."

Rollo May, American Psychologist

Time, Strength, Calm, Leadership, Influence

40

"In some ways, September 11, 2001, seems a long time ago. Yet we have done so much in only a few years, and we will continue to do so in the future, to prevent such attacks on America."

"In some ways, September 11, 2001, seems a long time ago. Yet we have done so much in only a few years, and we will continue to do so in the future, to prevent such attacks on America."

George Allen, American Politician

Time, America, Future, Will

40

"We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us."

"We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us."

Thomas Merton, American Author

40

"At this time, it's all still proposed."

"At this time, it's all still proposed."

Howard Scott, American Scientist

40

"I think this is also a great time to invest in private equity, helping companies grow from the ground up."

"I think this is also a great time to invest in private equity, helping companies grow from the ground up."

Jim Rogers, American Businessman

40

"The word of the mouth is a very powerful thing and you can say something about someone that is not necessarily true, but people will believe it and it will become a constant reminder and every time that your name is bought up, that will come up."

"The word of the mouth is a very powerful thing and you can say something about someone that is not necessarily true, but people will believe it and it will become a constant reminder and every time that your name is bought up, that will come up."

Blu Cantrell, American Musician

Time, People, Name, Will

40

"I just saw Jensen the other day. They are gonna be in the States at the same time when we are doing the tour, Se we'll see if we are going to see somewhere."

"I just saw Jensen the other day. They are gonna be in the States at the same time when we are doing the tour, Se we'll see if we are going to see somewhere."

Kerry King, American Musician

Time, Day, states

40

"No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war."

"No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

Time, War, Peace, Victory

40

"I didn't have time to sit down and look at the work of a year and choose what to type."

"I didn't have time to sit down and look at the work of a year and choose what to type."

Sharon Olds, American Poet

40

"The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy."

"The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

Time, Negative, Energy, Waste

40

"Anything that endures over time sacrifices its ability to make an impression."

"Anything that endures over time sacrifices its ability to make an impression."

Robert Musil, Austrian Writer

Time, Impression, Ability

40

"I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl."

"I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl."

Allan Carr, British Director

Time, Thought, College, Pretty

40

"It was great to work in Ireland because it's such a beautiful country, but it's not particularly easy to film in because the weather changes all the time."

"It was great to work in Ireland because it's such a beautiful country, but it's not particularly easy to film in because the weather changes all the time."

Anjelica Huston, American Actress

Time, Work, Country, Film

40

"My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects."

"My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects."

Les Dawson, English Comedian

Time, Sex, Wife

40

"Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time."

"Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time."

Alfred Marshall, English Economist

Time, Nature, Slavery

40

"There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison."

"There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison."

William Glasser, American Psychologist

Time, Job, Prison, School

40

"When I came back, I wasn't looking past this year. This is a bonus for me. I just wish it would have turned out a little better, but we all don't get what we want all the time."

"When I came back, I wasn't looking past this year. This is a bonus for me. I just wish it would have turned out a little better, but we all don't get what we want all the time."

Vinny Testaverde, American Football Player

Time, Past, Want

40

"So the first thing that went on was to decide... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out."

"So the first thing that went on was to decide... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out."

James Stockdale, American Soldier

Time, First, Trying

40

"The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time."

"The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time."

Alvin Ailey, American Dancer

40

"Sometimes it seems like there's more footnotes than text. This isn't something we're proud of, and over time we'd like to see our footnotes steadily shrink."

"Sometimes it seems like there's more footnotes than text. This isn't something we're proud of, and over time we'd like to see our footnotes steadily shrink."

Barry Diller, American Businessman

40

"Keep on dreaming boy, cause when you stop dreamin' it's time to die."

"Keep on dreaming boy, cause when you stop dreamin' it's time to die."

Shannon Hoon, American Musician

40

"I xeroxed my watch. Now I have time to spare."

"I xeroxed my watch. Now I have time to spare."

Rod Schmidt, American Hockey Player

40

"We do have our finger on the pulse of the marketplace, if for no other reasons than having all these live events and listening to our audience all the time."

"We do have our finger on the pulse of the marketplace, if for no other reasons than having all these live events and listening to our audience all the time."

Vince McMahon, American Entertainer

Time, Events, Listening

40

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