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"It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of weird because I've done senior all year, but I didn't get to compete last year because of my elbow."

"It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of weird because I've done senior all year, but I didn't get to compete last year because of my elbow."

Carly Patterson, American Athlete

37

"It was just a typical London flat, but it was in a great neighborhood. It was across from the Playboy Club, diagonally. From one balcony you could read the time from Big Ben, and from the other balcony you could watch the bunnies go up and down."

"It was just a typical London flat, but it was in a great neighborhood. It was across from the Playboy Club, diagonally. From one balcony you could read the time from Big Ben, and from the other balcony you could watch the bunnies go up and down."

Harry Nilsson, American Musician

37

"If I just do it, it will take less time than telling someone what I'm thinking, and have them free associate, and then come back to me and I'll hate it and I'll have to redo it."

"If I just do it, it will take less time than telling someone what I'm thinking, and have them free associate, and then come back to me and I'll hate it and I'll have to redo it."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

Time, Hate, Thinking, Will

37

"I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms."

"I think it's impossible to judge whether another person should come out. You just hope they will on their own time and their own terms."

Billie Jean King, American Athlete

Time, Hope, Will

37

"I'll miss the relationships I have built with these actors. I'll miss the devotion we have to this work. Over this length of time, the tendency is to think it will never end."

"I'll miss the relationships I have built with these actors. I'll miss the devotion we have to this work. Over this length of time, the tendency is to think it will never end."

Dennis Franz, American Actor

Time, Work, Actors, Devotion

37

"You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for a laugh that may or may not come six months later, but you're working in a vacuum at the time you are doing it."

"You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for a laugh that may or may not come six months later, but you're working in a vacuum at the time you are doing it."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Time, Audiences, Comedy, May

37

"Honestly, Flav is not much of a video game player these days. BUT, I used to spend hours on Time Crisis. I beat all levels, man."

"Honestly, Flav is not much of a video game player these days. BUT, I used to spend hours on Time Crisis. I beat all levels, man."

Flavor Flav, American Musician

Time, Crisis, Man

37

"But time has caught up with it and I think vindicated it. Shampoo, too: very dark, very ambitious movie."

"But time has caught up with it and I think vindicated it. Shampoo, too: very dark, very ambitious movie."

Robert Towne, American Actor

37

"I have arrived at the conviction that the neglect by economists to discuss seriously what is really the crucial problem of our time is due to a certain timidity about soiling their hands by going from purely scientific questions into value questions."

"I have arrived at the conviction that the neglect by economists to discuss seriously what is really the crucial problem of our time is due to a certain timidity about soiling their hands by going from purely scientific questions into value questions."

Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist

Time, Conviction, Neglect, Questions

37

"People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine."

"People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine."

Brian Tracy, American Author

Time, People, Goals

37

"But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period."

"But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

37

"I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting."

"I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting."

Sidney Sheldon, American Novelist

Time, Action, Accuracy

37

"I write in the mornings. During my down time."

"I write in the mornings. During my down time."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

37

"I spend shockingly little time thinking about real-world stuff."

"I spend shockingly little time thinking about real-world stuff."

Trey Parker, American Artist

37

"You can never spend enough time with children."

"You can never spend enough time with children."

Dwayne Hickman, American Actor

37

"Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the "environmentalist" view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view."

"Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the "environmentalist" view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view."

E. O. Wilson, American Scientist

37

"However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another."

"However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another."

Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian Public Servant

Time, Work, Afghanistan, Community

37

"The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive agreement which would see all outstanding matters dealt with and the Good Friday Agreement implemented in full."

"The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive agreement which would see all outstanding matters dealt with and the Good Friday Agreement implemented in full."

Gerry Adams, Irish Politician

Time, Agreement, First, Months

37

"I was the kid who always liked to take the ball down to the school even in my free time, kick it against the wall, juggle it in the front yard and so it was kind of a perpetual state of playing soccer for me."

"I was the kid who always liked to take the ball down to the school even in my free time, kick it against the wall, juggle it in the front yard and so it was kind of a perpetual state of playing soccer for me."

Brandi Chastain, American Athlete

Time, School, Soccer, State

37

"I think this can be a championship team. But we do have to take it one game at a time. You can't look at the end of the road before you get the next foot in."

"I think this can be a championship team. But we do have to take it one game at a time. You can't look at the end of the road before you get the next foot in."

Michael Strahan, American Athlete

Time, End, Road

37

"No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm."

"No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm."

Vladimir Kramnik, Russian Celebrity

37

"I feel like I'm stepping into a place of spiritual contemplation every time I enter a studio; it's always had a certain magic to me that has never worn off with familiarity."

"I feel like I'm stepping into a place of spiritual contemplation every time I enter a studio; it's always had a certain magic to me that has never worn off with familiarity."

David Knopfler, British Musician

Time, Contemplation, Familiarity, Magic

37

"This is a gift. This is a gift from God. It's really like the old Biblical passage that talks about your body being a temple. That's not to say that I've never done anything but I've never abused myself. Never gone over the top for a long period of time."

"This is a gift. This is a gift from God. It's really like the old Biblical passage that talks about your body being a temple. That's not to say that I've never done anything but I've never abused myself. Never gone over the top for a long period of time."

Teena Marie, American Musician

Time, God, Temple, Being

37

"I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time, actually."

"I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time, actually."

Kate Adie, British Journalist

37

"It was the beginning of film for television. So we had all of these great opportunities. Northwestern was probably the only major film school of its kind at the time that was graduating anybody important."

"It was the beginning of film for television. So we had all of these great opportunities. Northwestern was probably the only major film school of its kind at the time that was graduating anybody important."

Richard Donner, American Director

Time, Beginning, Film, School

37

"I usually stick out my hand and hope he puts the ball in it. Except the one time I went out to take Early Wynn out. I stuck out my hand and he hit me right in the stomach with the ball."

"I usually stick out my hand and hope he puts the ball in it. Except the one time I went out to take Early Wynn out. I stuck out my hand and he hit me right in the stomach with the ball."

Al Lopez, American Coach

Time, Hope, Right

37

"The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed."

"The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed."

Townsend Harris, American Businessman

Time, War, People, Knowledge

37

"Every time I went into the studio some engineer tried to impress me with how they're going to capture my sound with all kinds of tricks. But they limited the sound and never allowed me to play how I felt."

"Every time I went into the studio some engineer tried to impress me with how they're going to capture my sound with all kinds of tricks. But they limited the sound and never allowed me to play how I felt."

Dick Dale, American Musician

Time, Play, Sound

37

"I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean."

"I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean."

John Sayles, American Director

37

"Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You don't have any time to think of anything else but Lady Limelight, because pretty soon that light will be shinning on somebody else. So you better do it while you can."

"Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You don't have any time to think of anything else but Lady Limelight, because pretty soon that light will be shinning on somebody else. So you better do it while you can."

Buck Owens, American Musician

Time, Attention, Lady, Light

37

"I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone."

"I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone."

Kate Bush, British Musician

37

"If you do things out of time you're weird."

"If you do things out of time you're weird."

Robyn Hitchcock, English Musician

37

"On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that."

"On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that."

Wanda Jackson, American Musician

37

"When the time came to make a decision about what do in life, I found myself thinking that acting was the thing I loved to do, so I applied to drama school. And then, I didn't get in - twice."

"When the time came to make a decision about what do in life, I found myself thinking that acting was the thing I loved to do, so I applied to drama school. And then, I didn't get in - twice."

Emily Watson, English Actress

Time, Life, Decision, Acting

37

"I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks."

"I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks."

Jack Henry Abbott, American Author

37

"Most of the time I'm thinking, I'm glad that scene was improvised."

"Most of the time I'm thinking, I'm glad that scene was improvised."

Larry David, American Actor

37

"Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice."

"Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice."

Alfred North Whitehead, English Mathematician

Time, Deeds, Will, Words

37

"We are always rushing to an appointment or trying to meet a deadline."

"We are always rushing to an appointment or trying to meet a deadline."

Menachem Mendel Schneerson, American Leader

37

"Unborn children do not have a voice, but they are young members of the human family. It is time to look at the unborn child, and recognize that it is really a young human, who can feel pain and should be treated with care."

"Unborn children do not have a voice, but they are young members of the human family. It is time to look at the unborn child, and recognize that it is really a young human, who can feel pain and should be treated with care."

Sam Brownback, American Politician

Time, Family, Care, Children

37

"I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear."

"I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear."

John Sladek, American Author

Time, Reason, Thinking, Writing

37

"I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part of the lease. You sign a lease that says, I will write country songs and pay my rent on time."

"I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part of the lease. You sign a lease that says, I will write country songs and pay my rent on time."

Jim Varney, American Actor

Time, Music, Country, Songs

37

"Make sure you take the time to feed yourself with what your spirit has to offer."

"Make sure you take the time to feed yourself with what your spirit has to offer."

Darren L. Johnson, American Author

37

"It was time to raise the bar higher, or lower if you're doing limbo."

"It was time to raise the bar higher, or lower if you're doing limbo."

Tre Cool, American Musician

37

"Any time I got in emotional turmoil, I felt sick all the time, like at any minute I would die."

"Any time I got in emotional turmoil, I felt sick all the time, like at any minute I would die."

Skeet Ulrich, American Actor

37

"They've got the singles and some people have burnt them from different web sites and stuff. So it was something that we talked about for a long, long time, and I just wanted to make sure that this remix album to be really special."

"They've got the singles and some people have burnt them from different web sites and stuff. So it was something that we talked about for a long, long time, and I just wanted to make sure that this remix album to be really special."

Deborah Cox, Canadian Musician

37

"Usually, jet lag is not this big of an issue for me. I'm not sure why I'm so disoriented this time. It could be due to the amount of chocolate and french fries I've eaten in the last two and a half weeks."

"Usually, jet lag is not this big of an issue for me. I'm not sure why I'm so disoriented this time. It could be due to the amount of chocolate and french fries I've eaten in the last two and a half weeks."

April Winchell, American Actress

37

"Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans."

"Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with the Republicans."

Barney Frank, American Politician

Time, Democrats, Now, Republicans

37

"And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are."

"And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are."

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

Time, Successful

37

"We hope that this honor you have done us will bring the time of further realization of these benefits closer and will help all mankind to live better and be happier through the atom and isotopes."

"We hope that this honor you have done us will bring the time of further realization of these benefits closer and will help all mankind to live better and be happier through the atom and isotopes."

Willard Libby, American Scientist

Time, Hope, Benefits, Help

37

"Riches are chiefly good because they give us time."

"Riches are chiefly good because they give us time."

Charles Lamb, English Critic

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