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"Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time."

"Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time."

Alfred Russel Wallace, British Scientist

38

"It's a difficult job to do, but that is why we do it. Only so many people can do it. But it, it enables you to... for a brief period of time to kind of get away. You have to go back and deal with, but it's a good escape."

"It's a difficult job to do, but that is why we do it. Only so many people can do it. But it, it enables you to... for a brief period of time to kind of get away. You have to go back and deal with, but it's a good escape."

Brett Favre, American Athlete

Time, People, Job

38

"The only time I have problems is when I sleep."

"The only time I have problems is when I sleep."

Tupac Shakur, American Musician

Time, Problems, Sleep

38

"I really didn't have a plan, I just went in and started playing. one of my specialties was to be able to play for a really long time without stopping and I would play these repeated patterns for hours and hours and I wouldn't seem to get tired."

"I really didn't have a plan, I just went in and started playing. one of my specialties was to be able to play for a really long time without stopping and I would play these repeated patterns for hours and hours and I wouldn't seem to get tired."

Terry Riley, American Composer

38

"I think that every new record is a chance to... I think what it is for me is my heart and soul at that moment in time... I've always felt that just being able to make a record is a privilege."

"I think that every new record is a chance to... I think what it is for me is my heart and soul at that moment in time... I've always felt that just being able to make a record is a privilege."

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American Musician

Time, Soul, Heart, Being

38

"You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas City paper."

"You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas City paper."

Mort Walker, American Artist

38

"I'm dealing with fools and trolls and soft targets. It's just strafing runs in my underwear before my first cup of coffee. I don't have time for these clowns."

"I'm dealing with fools and trolls and soft targets. It's just strafing runs in my underwear before my first cup of coffee. I don't have time for these clowns."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Time, Clowns, Coffee, First

38

"You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time."

"You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time."

Johan Huizinga, Dutch Historian

38

"Like the vast majority of my constituents, I continue to be concerned about record profits reported by petroleum companies at a time when consumers are paying record high prices for gasoline."

"Like the vast majority of my constituents, I continue to be concerned about record profits reported by petroleum companies at a time when consumers are paying record high prices for gasoline."

Mike Rogers, American Politician

38

"I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am."

"I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am."

Prince William, British Royalty

Time, People, Open, Saying

38

"If we had a hard time, my mother would sit me down and we would talk about it, and she kept talking and kept processing until we started to laugh about it."

"If we had a hard time, my mother would sit me down and we would talk about it, and she kept talking and kept processing until we started to laugh about it."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Time, Mother, Talk, Talking

38

"I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest."

"I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest."

Elia Kazan, American Director

Time, Interest, Opposition

38

"There's no environment. Use your imagination. There's no fourth wall, whether it's the first time you've told this story about her life, or the sixth time."

"There's no environment. Use your imagination. There's no fourth wall, whether it's the first time you've told this story about her life, or the sixth time."

Jill Clayburgh, American Actress

Time, Imagination, Life, Environment

38

"The amount of time we spend with Jesus - meditating on His Word and His majesty, seeking His face - establishes our fruitfulness in the kingdom."

"The amount of time we spend with Jesus - meditating on His Word and His majesty, seeking His face - establishes our fruitfulness in the kingdom."

Charles Stanley, American Clergyman

38

"For a variety of reasons, I believe, the time is right to resolve many of the long standing and thorny land use, recreation, and wilderness designation issues in Central Idaho."

"For a variety of reasons, I believe, the time is right to resolve many of the long standing and thorny land use, recreation, and wilderness designation issues in Central Idaho."

Michael K. Simpson, American Politician

Time, Land, Recreation, Right

38

"It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship."

"It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship."

Norman Vincent Peale, American Clergyman

Time, Satisfaction, Value

38

"The real pleasure was having the chance to enjoy being weightless, and the other was to spend some time looking out at this beautiful Earth that we're all lucky to inhabit."

"The real pleasure was having the chance to enjoy being weightless, and the other was to spend some time looking out at this beautiful Earth that we're all lucky to inhabit."

Robert Crippen, American Astronaut

Time, Being, Chance, Earth

38

"The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them."

"The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them."

John Charles Polanyi, Canadian Scientist

Time, Fact, Rights

38

"You have a lot of time on these tours. As Alice Cooper said, you can either drink all day or golf."

"You have a lot of time on these tours. As Alice Cooper said, you can either drink all day or golf."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

Time, Day, Golf

38

"At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us. It was a responsibility of the CPA, with contractors, to set up a training program."

"At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us. It was a responsibility of the CPA, with contractors, to set up a training program."

Janis Karpinski, American Soldier

Time, July, Responsibility, Training

38

"My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time."

"My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time."

Leslie Fiedler, American Critic

Time, Truth, Writer

38

"I was out to have a good time and have some fun. It's a fun script and fun people are in the movie."

"I was out to have a good time and have some fun. It's a fun script and fun people are in the movie."

Harvey Keitel, American Actor

Time, People, Fun

38

"Ask what Time is, it is nothing else but something of eternal duration become finite, measurable and transitory."

"Ask what Time is, it is nothing else but something of eternal duration become finite, measurable and transitory."

William Law, English Clergyman

38

"Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette."

"Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette."

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, French Novelist

Time, Idleness, Light

38

"There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear."

"There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

38

"I think Phish will come back. I just think it's time for a breather."

"I think Phish will come back. I just think it's time for a breather."

Les Claypool, American Musician

38

"A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there's a lot of DJs making records, they're not all making good records, but they have the right to do that."

"A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there's a lot of DJs making records, they're not all making good records, but they have the right to do that."

Boy George, English Musician

Time, Work, People, Right

38

"I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end."

"I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Time, Being, End, Eternity

38

"There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world."

"There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer

Time, Act, Books, Now

38

"Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of."

"Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of."

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American Judge

Time, Thought, Growth, Concern

38

"Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing."

"Some people are like wheelbarrows; useful only when pushed, and very easily upset. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing."

Henry S. Haskins, American Author

Time, People, Nothing, Talking

38

"In the fall of the year 2000, there just happened to be a decision point when they asked me to become Chief Executive Officer of the company. It was a time when, as you remember, we were starting to have some real problems in the California energy markets."

"In the fall of the year 2000, there just happened to be a decision point when they asked me to become Chief Executive Officer of the company. It was a time when, as you remember, we were starting to have some real problems in the California energy markets."

Jeffrey Skilling, American Criminal

Time, Decision, Company, Energy

38

"I don't know if many people know this about me, but I have multiple sclerosis. So I don't have time for a lot of shades of gray. I don't have time for BS."

"I don't know if many people know this about me, but I have multiple sclerosis. So I don't have time for a lot of shades of gray. I don't have time for BS."

Neil Cavuto, American Journalist

38

"Mum put me in drama classes when I was about 14. I'd been going on about it for some time, so maybe it was a way to shut me up."

"Mum put me in drama classes when I was about 14. I'd been going on about it for some time, so maybe it was a way to shut me up."

Naomi Watts, English Actress

38

"When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant I didn't have any time."

"When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant I didn't have any time."

Sharon Olds, American Poet

38

"Jake Roberts has a hard enough time being Jake Roberts. The truth is a brutal thing, I just hope that the kids take the time to learn about each of the wrestlers in the game, and if the kids can learn from our mistakes, that would make me a happy man."

"Jake Roberts has a hard enough time being Jake Roberts. The truth is a brutal thing, I just hope that the kids take the time to learn about each of the wrestlers in the game, and if the kids can learn from our mistakes, that would make me a happy man."

Jake Roberts, American Celebrity

Time, Truth, Hope, Being

38

"There are kids don't want to do something because they're afraid of looking stupid to their peers. There comes a time when they start protecting themselves, instead of extending. I want to make sure that they're always trying to extend themselves."

"There are kids don't want to do something because they're afraid of looking stupid to their peers. There comes a time when they start protecting themselves, instead of extending. I want to make sure that they're always trying to extend themselves."

Mike Krzyzewski, American Coach

Time, Kids, Trying, Want

38

"Since that time I have had continuous contact with the persons who were completely unknown to me, except that I knew they would hand whatever information I gave them to the Russian authorities."

"Since that time I have had continuous contact with the persons who were completely unknown to me, except that I knew they would hand whatever information I gave them to the Russian authorities."

Klaus Fuchs, German Physicist

Time, Information

38

"The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive."

"The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive."

Loretta Young, American Actress

Time, Care, Woman

38

"On a daily basis there are some huge ones that are, sure, from time to time, but it is helping the reader sort through all this sort of gray stuff out there."

"On a daily basis there are some huge ones that are, sure, from time to time, but it is helping the reader sort through all this sort of gray stuff out there."

Jim Lehrer, American Journalist

38

"After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year."

"After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to get a new book out of him each year."

Robert Benchley, American Comedian

38

"We spend so much time together, because that's how we like it. I never used to go on girl's nights out, even at school. And Paul has never liked going out for a night with the boys, either."

"We spend so much time together, because that's how we like it. I never used to go on girl's nights out, even at school. And Paul has never liked going out for a night with the boys, either."

Linda McCartney, American Photographer

Time, Boys, Night, School

38

"The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once."

"The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once."

Rene Descartes, French Mathematician

Time, Trust, Senses

38

"I have a DVD player and I have DVDs, and I have no time to watch any of them."

"I have a DVD player and I have DVDs, and I have no time to watch any of them."

David Morse, American Actor

38

"I've never had an easy relationship with critics. I hold a lot of homicide in my heart. If this was another time, I'd be packing a piece."

"I've never had an easy relationship with critics. I hold a lot of homicide in my heart. If this was another time, I'd be packing a piece."

Jim Dine, American Artist

38

"It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff."

"It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff."

Vince Gill, American Musician

38

"Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude."

"Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude."

Joseph Ratzinger, German Clergyman

Time, Gratitude, Hope, Earth

38

"What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners."

"What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners."

Ted Lindsay, Canadian Athlete

Time, Dictatorship

38

"And what I liked the most about any project was that when it was good, you had a bunch of people trying to accomplish something together who were all acting together as one - that's the most exciting time for me."

"And what I liked the most about any project was that when it was good, you had a bunch of people trying to accomplish something together who were all acting together as one - that's the most exciting time for me."

Liza Minnelli, American Actress

Time, People, Acting, Project

38

"Ronald Reagan will be remembered for leading the United States during a time of tremendous international transition - the demise of the Soviet Union, the Berlin Wall coming down, and the end of the Cold War."

"Ronald Reagan will be remembered for leading the United States during a time of tremendous international transition - the demise of the Soviet Union, the Berlin Wall coming down, and the end of the Cold War."

Mary Landrieu, American Politician

Time, War, End, Leading

38

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