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"I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds."

"I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

Time, People, Deeds, Evil

37

"We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time."

"We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time."

Steve Yzerman, Canadian Athlete

37

"I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time."

"I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

37

"I keep a lighter in my back pocket all the time. I'm not a smoker, I just really like certain songs."

"I keep a lighter in my back pocket all the time. I'm not a smoker, I just really like certain songs."

Demetri Martin, American Comedian

37

"Well, I think the camera freedom is something that we've resisted for a long time and feels like probably the biggest stretch. But it has some huge benefits."

"Well, I think the camera freedom is something that we've resisted for a long time and feels like probably the biggest stretch. But it has some huge benefits."

Will Wright, American Scientist

Time, Benefits, Freedom

37

"It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part."

"It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lead, you get a lot more screen time and you get a lot more chances to develop that character more thoroughly than you would if you do it in a little supporting part."

Famke Janssen, Dutch Actress

Time, Character

37

"It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, and you begin to have emotional experiences in a musical way."

"It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, and you begin to have emotional experiences in a musical way."

James Taylor, American Musician

Time, Being, Discovery, Quiet

37

"I think it's a wonderful time for a woman."

"I think it's a wonderful time for a woman."

Reba McEntire, American Musician

37

"No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around."

"No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around."

Bessie Smith, American Musician

37

"Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy."

"Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Time, Joy, Kids, Now

37

"In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being."

"In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being."

Paul Robeson, American Actor

Time, Being, First, Prejudice

37

"Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember."

"Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember."

Anne Sullivan, American Educator

Time, Purpose, Beginning, Will

37

"Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today."

"Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today."

Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Poet

Time, Mind, Name, Now

37

"Not that I believe you can have it all: I believe you can have it all, just not at the same time."

"Not that I believe you can have it all: I believe you can have it all, just not at the same time."

Cindy Crawford, American Model

37

"I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal."

"I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Time, Funerals, Memories

37

"Every day I spend time on the treadmill. I am walking faster, stronger and harder than I was two months ago."

"Every day I spend time on the treadmill. I am walking faster, stronger and harder than I was two months ago."

Grete Waitz, Norwegian Athlete

Time, Day, Months, Walking

37

"Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away."

"Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away."

Ben Hecht, American Writer

37

"Linux is only free if your time has no value."

"Linux is only free if your time has no value."

Jamie Zawinski, American Scientist

Time, Linux, Value

37

"It was bloody difficult getting followed around all the time."

"It was bloody difficult getting followed around all the time."

Shane Warne, Australian Athlete

37

"I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true."

"I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true."

Debi Thomas, American Athlete

Time, Dreams, People

37

"I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy and president of the European Commission for more than five years."

"I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy and president of the European Commission for more than five years."

Romano Prodi, Italian Statesman

Time, Italy, President, Want

36

"There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter."

"There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter."

Duke Ellington, American Musician

36

"The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time."

"The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time."

David Bowie, English Musician

Time, Truth, Journey

36

"I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre."

"I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre."

Thomas Perry, German Musician

Time, Reading, Suspense

36

"But you've got to make choices, and you're not going to be right all the time."

"But you've got to make choices, and you're not going to be right all the time."

Earl Butz, American Civil Servant

Time, Choices, Right

36

"Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players."

"Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

36

"I was on Murder She Wrote with Angela Lansbury. She was fantastic... she was lovely to everyone, she was always on time, prepared."

"I was on Murder She Wrote with Angela Lansbury. She was fantastic... she was lovely to everyone, she was always on time, prepared."

Jane Badler, American Actress

36

"It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment."

"It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment."

Jasmine Guy, American Actress

Time, Love, Discipline, Being

36

"Christmas is the day that holds all time together."

"Christmas is the day that holds all time together."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

Time, Christmas, Day

36

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

36

"I'm going to Yoshi's. I'm taking a few gigs. I'm playing. I'm not going to play all the time. I'm going to take it easy and take it slow and warm up so I can come back."

"I'm going to Yoshi's. I'm taking a few gigs. I'm playing. I'm not going to play all the time. I'm going to take it easy and take it slow and warm up so I can come back."

Freddie Hubbard, American Musician

36

"Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed over there for a long time. A lot of them moved over there, lived over there, and died over there."

"Europeans really provided many venues over there and hailed the jazz artists, and a lot of musicians went over there and stayed over there for a long time. A lot of them moved over there, lived over there, and died over there."

Sonny Rollins, American Musician

Time, Artists, Jazz, Musicians

36

"That became a big time in comic books because it's when people were starting to break out into independent stuff, the market was getting choked with speculators and everybody was trying to do their own trick covers."

"That became a big time in comic books because it's when people were starting to break out into independent stuff, the market was getting choked with speculators and everybody was trying to do their own trick covers."

Todd McFarlane, Canadian Artist

Time, People, Books, Trying

36

"So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well."

"So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well."

Billy Sherwood, American Musician

36

"If you meet somebody who's spent any length of time in prison, you don't let your guard down. Ever. And really, that's what that was about-if you open up too much, you're asking to get your teeth kicked in."

"If you meet somebody who's spent any length of time in prison, you don't let your guard down. Ever. And really, that's what that was about-if you open up too much, you're asking to get your teeth kicked in."

Tim Roth, British Actor

Time, Open, Prison

36

"It is natural to try to understand one's own time and to seek to analyse the forces that move it."

"It is natural to try to understand one's own time and to seek to analyse the forces that move it."

Emily Greene Balch, American Educator

36

"Are you kidding? I'm a terrible cook, but John is a really great one. Literally, I never cook. The whole time we were dating, I prepared two officially romantic meals. Both of them were such disasters that he begs me never to go into the kitchen again."

"Are you kidding? I'm a terrible cook, but John is a really great one. Literally, I never cook. The whole time we were dating, I prepared two officially romantic meals. Both of them were such disasters that he begs me never to go into the kitchen again."

Rebecca Romijn, American Actress

Time, Dating, Disasters, Kitchen

36

"I don't remember what I did fifty years ago."

"I don't remember what I did fifty years ago."

Julius Schwartz, American Editor

35

"Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves."

"Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves."

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Leader

35

"The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing."

"The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

Time, Thought, People, Personality

35

"When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick."

"When you're on the ice, you have very little time, you see very little, and everything happens really quick."

Steve Yzerman, Canadian Athlete

35

"The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer."

"The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer."

Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Explorer

35

"In '38, this time I did a job for Mr. Stryker. I went on his payroll at about half the salary I was getting before, to cover what he called Harvest in Ohio."

"In '38, this time I did a job for Mr. Stryker. I went on his payroll at about half the salary I was getting before, to cover what he called Harvest in Ohio."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Time, Harvest, Job

35

"John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time."

"John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

35

"The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades."

"The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades."

Demetri Martin, American Comedian

35

"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it."

"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it."

Sydney J. Harris, American Journalist

35

"The first time it felt really dangerous, like the sort of thing you had to lock the doors and close the curtains on because if anybody saw you, God would strike you down with a thunderbolt. But I took to it like a duck to water."

"The first time it felt really dangerous, like the sort of thing you had to lock the doors and close the curtains on because if anybody saw you, God would strike you down with a thunderbolt. But I took to it like a duck to water."

Jamie Muir, British Artist

Time, God, First, Water

35

"I think we have played like a playoff team for some time. We can still do better. The key thing right now is to look forward, not behind you."

"I think we have played like a playoff team for some time. We can still do better. The key thing right now is to look forward, not behind you."

Teemu Selanne, Finnish Hockey Player

Time, Key, Now, Right

35

"The photographs were never about me. They were always about the people who were laying their lives on the line for basic civil rights. I look back and I can't believe there was ever a time in this country when ANY citizen could not vote. The times were appalling."

"The photographs were never about me. They were always about the people who were laying their lives on the line for basic civil rights. I look back and I can't believe there was ever a time in this country when ANY citizen could not vote. The times were appalling."

Charles Moore, American Architect

Time, People, Civil rights, Country

35

"The difficulty of IVF or of any fertility issues is the hope and the shattered hope, the dream that it might happen this time and then it doesn't happen."

"The difficulty of IVF or of any fertility issues is the hope and the shattered hope, the dream that it might happen this time and then it doesn't happen."

Brooke Shields, American Actress

Time, Dream, Hope, Difficulty

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