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"You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise."

"You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise."

Aaron McGruder, American Artist

Time, People, Summer

39

"And at ten, or whatever time, in the morning we had the press conference, what we knew is there had been an incident at Three Mile Island, that it was shut down, that there was water that had escaped but it was contained."

"And at ten, or whatever time, in the morning we had the press conference, what we knew is there had been an incident at Three Mile Island, that it was shut down, that there was water that had escaped but it was contained."

William Scranton, American Politician

Time, Press, Water

39

"You'll have time to rest when you're dead."

"You'll have time to rest when you're dead."

Robert De Niro, American Actor

39

"People don't know where to place me. Terry Gilliam used me as a quirky cop in 'Twelve Monkeys', and then he hired me again to be an effeminate hotel clerk in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'. Another time, I was shooting this indie film 'The Souler Opposite' and six days a week, I'm playing this big puppy dog, then I come to the 'NYPD Blue' set and become this scumbag."

"People don't know where to place me. Terry Gilliam used me as a quirky cop in 'Twelve Monkeys', and then he hired me again to be an effeminate hotel clerk in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'. Another time, I was shooting this indie film 'The Souler Opposite' and six days a week, I'm playing this big puppy dog, then I come to the 'NYPD Blue' set and become this scumbag."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Time, People, Film

39

"Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept; we don't know if it even exists."

"Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept; we don't know if it even exists."

Clifford D. Simak, American Writer

39

"We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger."

"We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger."

Tad Williams, American Writer

Time, Lie, Fear, Lies

39

"In the streets through which we passed, I must own the houses in general struck me as if they were dark and gloomy, and yet at the same time they also struck me as prodigiously great and majestic."

"In the streets through which we passed, I must own the houses in general struck me as if they were dark and gloomy, and yet at the same time they also struck me as prodigiously great and majestic."

Karl Philipp Moritz, German Author

39

"I'm also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the Jenerators, my rock n roll band that has been around for a long time now."

"I'm also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the Jenerators, my rock n roll band that has been around for a long time now."

Bill Mumy, American Actor

Time, Artist, Now

39

"Kids just don't read any more. They spend much more time with video games. It's just hard to get kids to read anything. Book sales have dropped dramatically, too. I think 90% of the books are bought only by 5% of the US population."

"Kids just don't read any more. They spend much more time with video games. It's just hard to get kids to read anything. Book sales have dropped dramatically, too. I think 90% of the books are bought only by 5% of the US population."

Stan Sakai, Japanese Cartoonist

Time, Books, Games, Kids

39

"In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims."

"In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims."

William Greider, American Author

Time, Finance, Crime, Deeds

39

"As far as a guy like Ray Lewis is concerned, you know he's going to be around the ball all the time."

"As far as a guy like Ray Lewis is concerned, you know he's going to be around the ball all the time."

Jamal Lewis, American Athlete

39

"It was a fight for a very long time. After the end of the first season, all that was done."

"It was a fight for a very long time. After the end of the first season, all that was done."

John Goodman, American Actor

Time, End, Fight, First

39

"Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work."

"Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work."

Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer

Time, Work, People, Democracy

39

"I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model."

"I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model."

Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress

39

"I think that one of the nice things about the Yellow Submarine movie is that it seems to be perennial. People enjoy watching from each generation. And it was like the Beatles themselves. You know the Beatles seem to find new audience each time another generation comes along."

"I think that one of the nice things about the Yellow Submarine movie is that it seems to be perennial. People enjoy watching from each generation. And it was like the Beatles themselves. You know the Beatles seem to find new audience each time another generation comes along."

George Martin, English Producer

39

"I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me."

"I tried acupuncture, the patch, and hypnosis, but found that I needed to do it alone - when the time was right for me."

Christy Turlington, American Model

39

"It was a wild time - a time that I don't miss anymore. But then again, I'm 62 years old now and I think that lifestyle would probably put me where Frank's at now."

"It was a wild time - a time that I don't miss anymore. But then again, I'm 62 years old now and I think that lifestyle would probably put me where Frank's at now."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

Time, Now, Old, Years

39

"The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time."

"The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time."

James Brown, American Musician

39

"The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby."

"The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

Time, Baby, Man, Woman

39

"Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other."

"Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other."

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish Musician

39

"I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4."

"I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4."

Sammy Davis, Jr., American Entertainer

Time, Cities, states, Sammy Davis

39

"Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January."

"Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January."

Hal Borland, American Author

Time, June, Summer

39

"By the time I got to the hospital, I certainly realised that I had a problem because I couldn't write or print at that time, which lasted luckily only about four months. I'd gone numb here and on my tongue and the right foot a little bit."

"By the time I got to the hospital, I certainly realised that I had a problem because I couldn't write or print at that time, which lasted luckily only about four months. I'd gone numb here and on my tongue and the right foot a little bit."

John Newcombe, Australian Athlete

Time, Months, Right, Tongue

39

"I also do my own processing, so it means a big commitment in lab time."

"I also do my own processing, so it means a big commitment in lab time."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

Time, Commitment

39

"I have never known stage-fright at any time."

"I have never known stage-fright at any time."

Kate Smith, American Musician

39

"When I finally made it to the set, I spent a lot of time doing damage control on The Magic Christian."

"When I finally made it to the set, I spent a lot of time doing damage control on The Magic Christian."

Terry Southern, American Writer

Time, Control, Christian, Magic

39

"Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked."

"Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked."

Little Richard, American Musician

Time, People, Beginning, Gay

39

"I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others."

"I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others."

Bernie Ebbers, Canadian Businessman

Time, Selling, Will, Worth

39

"Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts."

"Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts."

Hans Kung, Swiss Theologian

Time, Aggression, Fanaticism, Hate

39

"I don't spend a lot of time thinking about regrets because there's nothing I can do."

"I don't spend a lot of time thinking about regrets because there's nothing I can do."

Sheryl Crow, American Musician

Time, Nothing, Thinking

39

"I want to step up our voter-registration activities. Not every branch does it, and not all the time. I want them to go back and get out the vote because I want us to have a big impact on the Congressional elections this year."

"I want to step up our voter-registration activities. Not every branch does it, and not all the time. I want them to go back and get out the vote because I want us to have a big impact on the Congressional elections this year."

Julian Bond, American Activist

Time, Elections, Vote, Want

39

"I think a benefit is that we try to put it up in a short time. From the decision to do this mission until we fly, it's six months and one week or so, so it's a very short time."

"I think a benefit is that we try to put it up in a short time. From the decision to do this mission until we fly, it's six months and one week or so, so it's a very short time."

Claude Nicollier, American Astronaut

Time, Decision, Mission, Months

39

"It would be interesting if this sitcom works, so I could be doing one thing all the time instead of going back and forth between all this different media which I sort of thrive on, I'm a bit of a moving target in that way."

"It would be interesting if this sitcom works, so I could be doing one thing all the time instead of going back and forth between all this different media which I sort of thrive on, I'm a bit of a moving target in that way."

Stockard Channing, American Actress

39

"That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile."

"That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile."

Joe Henderson, American Athlete

Time, Illusion, Running

39

"This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on."

"This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on."

Jeff Bingaman, American Politician

Time, Country, Principles

39

"I don't have time for superficial friends. I suppose if you're really lonely you can call a superficial friend, but otherwise, what's the point?"

"I don't have time for superficial friends. I suppose if you're really lonely you can call a superficial friend, but otherwise, what's the point?"

Courteney Cox, American Actress

Time, Friend, Friends, Lonely

39

"Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive."

"Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive."

James Stockdale, American Soldier

Time, Office, Talking

39

"The other aspect of idealism is the one which gives us our notion of the absolute Self. To it the first is only preparatory. This second aspect is the one which from Kant, until the present time, has formed the deeper problem of thought."

"The other aspect of idealism is the one which gives us our notion of the absolute Self. To it the first is only preparatory. This second aspect is the one which from Kant, until the present time, has formed the deeper problem of thought."

Josiah Royce, American Philosopher

Time, Thought, First, Idealism

39

"By the time I was five, I was a little diva."

"By the time I was five, I was a little diva."

Stevie Nicks, American Musician

39

"Every time you walk down the street people are screaming, 'You're fired!'"

"Every time you walk down the street people are screaming, 'You're fired!'"

Donald Trump, American Businessman

39

"The one I felt and still feel most is lack of time. I used to have time to think, to reflect, my mind and I. We would sit together of an evening and listen to the inner melodies of the spirit, which one hears only in leisure moments when the words ofsome loved poet touch a deep, sweet chord in the soul that until then had been silent. But in college there is no time to commune with one's thoughts. One goes to college to learn, it seems, not to think. When one enters the portals of learning, one leaves the dearest pleasures--solitude, books and imagination--outside with the whispering pines. I suppose I ought to find some comfort in the thought that I am laying up treasures for future enjoyment, but I am improvident enough to prefer present joy to hoarding riches against a rainy day."

"The one I felt and still feel most is lack of time. I used to have time to think, to reflect, my mind and I. We would sit together of an evening and listen to the inner melodies of the spirit, which one hears only in leisure moments when the words ofsome loved poet touch a deep, sweet chord in the soul that until then had been silent. But in college there is no time to commune with one's thoughts. One goes to college to learn, it seems, not to think. When one enters the portals of learning, one leaves the dearest pleasures--solitude, books and imagination--outside with the whispering pines. I suppose I ought to find some comfort in the thought that I am laying up treasures for future enjoyment, but I am improvident enough to prefer present joy to hoarding riches against a rainy day."

Helen Keller, American Author

Time, Learning, Solitude, Joy

39

"If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic."

"If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic."

Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian

39

"When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, but at the same time I realize it is an important part of who I am."

"When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, but at the same time I realize it is an important part of who I am."

Andrew Shue, American Actor

Time, Change, Loss, Want

39

"I think I've spent so much time playing characters that are so far away from me and learning how to technically build and how to technically put something on top of you."

"I think I've spent so much time playing characters that are so far away from me and learning how to technically build and how to technically put something on top of you."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

39

"His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred."

"His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

39

"There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now."

"There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

Time, Work, Challenge, Future

39

"I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right lenses and all the special effects that go along with it, even the computer, that they're missing the key element."

"I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right lenses and all the special effects that go along with it, even the computer, that they're missing the key element."

Herb Ritts, American Photographer

Time, People, Computer, Film

39

"There was a time when I felt I should do everything that was offered to me, you know, ride the wave."

"There was a time when I felt I should do everything that was offered to me, you know, ride the wave."

Christian Slater, American Actor

39

"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."

"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Time, May, Want, Will

39

"And I think that at a certain point, after all the time and all the conjecture and everything that had kind of gone on surrounding this show, I think that Mitch just felt like it was time to let it go. It was best for the show."

"And I think that at a certain point, after all the time and all the conjecture and everything that had kind of gone on surrounding this show, I think that Mitch just felt like it was time to let it go. It was best for the show."

Will Arnett, Canadian Actor

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