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"This will be the fourth time I've seen this film. I'm very proud of it and I think it's a great movie for women of any age. And almost every single man I've talked to has admitted to crying."

"This will be the fourth time I've seen this film. I'm very proud of it and I think it's a great movie for women of any age. And almost every single man I've talked to has admitted to crying."

Amber Tamblyn, American Actress

Time, Women, Age, Film

36

"For some time I've had my eye on Tom McCall's seat - which is a great deal more than he's had on it."

"For some time I've had my eye on Tom McCall's seat - which is a great deal more than he's had on it."

Grace Hansen, American Author

36

"And I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me."

"And I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me."

Karlheinz Stockhausen, German Composer

Time, Possibility, Day, First

36

"What we call soul has been around a long time. It comes out of a particular culture that is African in origin, but influenced by 250 years of slavery, as well as other forms of racial oppression."

"What we call soul has been around a long time. It comes out of a particular culture that is African in origin, but influenced by 250 years of slavery, as well as other forms of racial oppression."

Roy Ayers, English Musician

Time, Soul, African, Culture

36

"I'll never stop eating animals, I'm sure, but I do think that for the benefit of everyone, the time has come to stop raising them industrially and stop eating them thoughtlessly."

"I'll never stop eating animals, I'm sure, but I do think that for the benefit of everyone, the time has come to stop raising them industrially and stop eating them thoughtlessly."

Mark Bittman, American Author

Time, Animals, Eating

36

"The new rule of thumb is that 80% of a president's time must be spent in raising funds for their schools."

"The new rule of thumb is that 80% of a president's time must be spent in raising funds for their schools."

James E. Rogers, American Educator

Time, President, Schools

36

"When I woke up Sunday morning at the Open and stepped outside and felt the wind and rain in my face, I knew I had an excellent chance to win if I just took my time and trusted myself."

"When I woke up Sunday morning at the Open and stepped outside and felt the wind and rain in my face, I knew I had an excellent chance to win if I just took my time and trusted myself."

Tom Kite, American Athlete

Time, Chance, Open, Rain

36

"There's never enough time to do nothing!"

"There's never enough time to do nothing!"

Daniel Radcliffe, British Actor

36

"I think we lost a great deal of sympathy and support with the way in which the crisis was handled, most importantly I think when we appeared to be grasping for too much at one time instead of identifying our priorities in a much more responsible fashion."

"I think we lost a great deal of sympathy and support with the way in which the crisis was handled, most importantly I think when we appeared to be grasping for too much at one time instead of identifying our priorities in a much more responsible fashion."

Billy Tauzin, American Politician

Time, Sympathy, Crisis, Fashion

36

"If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own."

"If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own."

Richard Cecil, English Clergyman

Time, Punctuality, Right

36

"Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly."

"Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly."

Ivan Turgenev, Russian Novelist

Time, Flies, Man

36

"You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing, which is their own. It works simply because they are who they are."

"You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing, which is their own. It works simply because they are who they are."

Alan Bates, British Actor

Time, People, Play

36

"At the time, acid made me consider questions of reality, the difference, as someone said, between words and silence. It also brought back a lot of latent religious feelings in me that I had turned my back on."

"At the time, acid made me consider questions of reality, the difference, as someone said, between words and silence. It also brought back a lot of latent religious feelings in me that I had turned my back on."

Robert Stone, American Novelist

Time, Feelings, Difference, Questions

36

"I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11."

"I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11."

Jeri Ryan, American Actress

36

"But for the first time, we haven't made a huge leap forward in sound from our last album. Fans who own Kid A should be able to get their heads around it."

"But for the first time, we haven't made a huge leap forward in sound from our last album. Fans who own Kid A should be able to get their heads around it."

Ed O'Brien, English Musician

Time, Fans, First, Sound

36

"If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation."

"If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation."

Alan Rickman, British Actor

Time, Conversation

36

"The only problem was that I couldn't communicate with Dario. He speaks Italian and I don't. We had a translator the whole time. I just felt that something was lost with the go between. He was a delightful man, but I wish we could have spoken the same language."

"The only problem was that I couldn't communicate with Dario. He speaks Italian and I don't. We had a translator the whole time. I just felt that something was lost with the go between. He was a delightful man, but I wish we could have spoken the same language."

Kim Hunter, American Actress

Time, Language, Man

36

"He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times."

"He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

36

"Every time I see Peter Falk in the movie I think that would be great. We'd be fun together."

"Every time I see Peter Falk in the movie I think that would be great. We'd be fun together."

Paul Reiser, American Comedian

36

"The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time."

"The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time."

Willem de Kooning, American Artist

Time, Being, Poor, Trouble

36

"I didn't write songs for a very long time."

"I didn't write songs for a very long time."

Martin Gore, English Musician

36

"You find yourself in this place where you really get to find out what you're made of, and what I found was that when I was at my time of greatest need, there were people who appeared in my life, and helped me through it."

"You find yourself in this place where you really get to find out what you're made of, and what I found was that when I was at my time of greatest need, there were people who appeared in my life, and helped me through it."

Kathy Mattea, American Musician

Time, Life, People

36

"'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings.'"

"'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings.'"

Lewis Carroll, English Author

Time, Kings, Ships, Talk

36

"Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some other approach."

"Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some other approach."

Susan Estrich, American Journalist

Time, Action, Now

36

"I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee."

"I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee."

James Longstreet, American Soldier

Time, Ideas, Consideration, Fancy

36

"I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role."

"I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role."

Mathieu Kassovitz, French Director

36

"They feel assured, as to yourself, that if the option remain with you, it is but a question of time and of form when and how a proclamation of emancipation will be issued."

"They feel assured, as to yourself, that if the option remain with you, it is but a question of time and of form when and how a proclamation of emancipation will be issued."

Robert Dale Owen, Scottish Politician

Time, Question, Will

36

"We just happened to come along at time where there hadn't been a new young adult drama that also could appeal to adults as well in quite some time. We sort of found a little bit of a niche."

"We just happened to come along at time where there hadn't been a new young adult drama that also could appeal to adults as well in quite some time. We sort of found a little bit of a niche."

Josh Schwartz, American Producer

36

"This is a time when the United States should be standing tall. There is no other leader in the world today. We shouldn't be approaching conflicts as a team sport. We either get in an we lead and we do a good job, or you don't get in at all."

"This is a time when the United States should be standing tall. There is no other leader in the world today. We shouldn't be approaching conflicts as a team sport. We either get in an we lead and we do a good job, or you don't get in at all."

Jon Huntsman, Jr., American Politician

Time, Leader, Job, States

36

"Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same."

"Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same."

A. R. Ammons, American Poet

Time, Health, Thoughts, Day

36

"When I was a child, I used to cry all the time."

"When I was a child, I used to cry all the time."

Gwen John, Welsh Artist

36

"There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk."

"There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

Time, Dawn, Day

36

"Studios have been trying to get rid of the actor for a long time and now they can do it. They got animation. NO more actor, although for now they still have to borrow a voice or two. Anyway, I find it abhorrent."

"Studios have been trying to get rid of the actor for a long time and now they can do it. They got animation. NO more actor, although for now they still have to borrow a voice or two. Anyway, I find it abhorrent."

James Coburn, American Actor

Time, Animation, Now

36

"It's time to start really writing some stuff, and I really wanted to write some stuff in the vein of the original Misfits, and this was really the first step in that direction."

"It's time to start really writing some stuff, and I really wanted to write some stuff in the vein of the original Misfits, and this was really the first step in that direction."

Jerry Only, American Musician

Time, Direction, First, Writing

36

"He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still."

"He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Time, Virtue, Vice, Will

36

"You don't go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be."

"You don't go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be."

Nigella Lawson, British Journalist

Time, Grief, Will

36

"I've got problems and if you sentence me to additional time, I'm going to compound them."

"I've got problems and if you sentence me to additional time, I'm going to compound them."

Gary Gilmore, American Criminal

36

"When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time."

"When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time."

Aaron Neville, American Musician

36

"I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit."

"I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit."

Julius Erving, American Athlete

Time, Thought, Right

36

"The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance: some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase."

"The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance: some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase."

Gregory Maguire, American Novelist

Time, Future, Memory, Reflection

36

"I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time."

"I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time."

Esther Williams, American Actress

Time, Thought, Comedy, Feet

36

"Again, Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time."

"Again, Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time."

David Brainerd, American Clergyman

Time, Improvement

36

"I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born."

"I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

Time, Idea, Character, Clothes

36

"Luckily, he was in the process of moving to France at the time, anyway. But if he had stayed in the States, I don't know how he would have handled that, because it was getting pretty crazy. I mean, a celebrity which he really did not welcome. And I can't blame him."

"Luckily, he was in the process of moving to France at the time, anyway. But if he had stayed in the States, I don't know how he would have handled that, because it was getting pretty crazy. I mean, a celebrity which he really did not welcome. And I can't blame him."

Terry Zwigoff, American Director

Time, Blame, Celebrity, France

36

"They had been monitoring the site for a very long time, and at times, I received over 100 hits from the Department of Defense on the website, so I wasn't the slightest bit surprised."

"They had been monitoring the site for a very long time, and at times, I received over 100 hits from the Department of Defense on the website, so I wasn't the slightest bit surprised."

Sherman Austin, American Activist

36

"People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it."

"People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

Time, People, Decency, Waste

36

"I think everybody knows that on November 7th more people voted for Al Gore than George Bush, a fact that has been documented time and time again."

"I think everybody knows that on November 7th more people voted for Al Gore than George Bush, a fact that has been documented time and time again."

Corrine Brown, American Politician

Time, People, Fact

36

"But you get past that and realize you have to let go of what you think you want. There'll be plenty of time for that later. Right now, go and be with that baby. Just play with this beautiful little boy."

"But you get past that and realize you have to let go of what you think you want. There'll be plenty of time for that later. Right now, go and be with that baby. Just play with this beautiful little boy."

Paul Reiser, American Comedian

Time, Baby, Now, Past

36

"Every time we've gone somewhere, it's just been better and better and God's always blessed us for following."

"Every time we've gone somewhere, it's just been better and better and God's always blessed us for following."

Stacie Orrico, American Musician

36

"By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it."

"By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it."

Bill Vaughan, American Journalist

Time, Old, Years

36

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