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"Just as a new scientific discovery manifests something that was already latent in the order of nature, and at the same time is logically related to the total structure of the existing science, so the new poem manifests something that was already latent in the order of words."

"Just as a new scientific discovery manifests something that was already latent in the order of nature, and at the same time is logically related to the total structure of the existing science, so the new poem manifests something that was already latent in the order of words."

Northrop Frye, Canadian Critic

Time, Nature, Science, Discovery

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"Perfection is the child of time."

"Perfection is the child of time."

Joseph Hall, English Clergyman

Time, Perfection

35

"I can't really envision a time when I'm not shooting something."

"I can't really envision a time when I'm not shooting something."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

35

"If anything happened, I think my husband would have to deal with that as the time came."

"If anything happened, I think my husband would have to deal with that as the time came."

Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut

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"Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself."

"Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself."

Tom Jones, Welsh Musician

Time, Idea, Winning, Ceremony

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"As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you."

"As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you."

Fran Lebowitz, American Journalist

Time, Life, Will

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"When the time comes for your brain to process the information, the second word comes up faster than the first one. So when it's in your head, all of a sudden, it comes out backwards and you think of the word backwards."

"When the time comes for your brain to process the information, the second word comes up faster than the first one. So when it's in your head, all of a sudden, it comes out backwards and you think of the word backwards."

Bruce Jenner, American Athlete

Time, First, Information, Word

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"More often than not - Life moves really fast! It's only for you to pause and breathe! Sadly, none else can do that for you!"

"More often than not - Life moves really fast! It's only for you to pause and breathe! Sadly, none else can do that for you!"

Jasleen Kaur Gumber, Indian Writer

Time, Presence, Awareness, Life

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"Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules."

"Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules."

Wayne Dyer, American Psychologist

Time, Day, Ethics, Rules

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"The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike."

"The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike."

Ralph Ellison, American Author

Time, Act, Past, Shadow

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"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy."

"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy."

William Blake, English Poet

Time, Harvest, Winter

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"There was this whole middle time that only Chris Rock came out of, you know, 10 years ago it was Chris and a few other people, but that's about it. Chris is in a class of his own; I don't see another comedian who I put in high regard as him."

"There was this whole middle time that only Chris Rock came out of, you know, 10 years ago it was Chris and a few other people, but that's about it. Chris is in a class of his own; I don't see another comedian who I put in high regard as him."

Bob Saget, American Actor

Time, People, Class, Years

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"I am not thinking too far ahead, just want to take it one thing at a time."

"I am not thinking too far ahead, just want to take it one thing at a time."

Sachin Tendulkar, Indian Athlete

Time, Thinking, Want

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"I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics."

"I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics."

Alvin Lee, English Musician

35

"It's rare when you have everything going perfectly all at the same time."

"It's rare when you have everything going perfectly all at the same time."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

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"We'd go out in Larry's hippie van and drive out all around Dallas. He loved Chinese food, he'd go in and say. Remember me Major Nelson, me and my friends here are making this show called Dallas, have you got a table for us? It would work every time."

"We'd go out in Larry's hippie van and drive out all around Dallas. He loved Chinese food, he'd go in and say. Remember me Major Nelson, me and my friends here are making this show called Dallas, have you got a table for us? It would work every time."

Steve Kanaly, American Actor

Time, Work, Food, Friends

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"The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to spend on his private life, his inner life, and I thought this might be a way of getting at that."

"The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to spend on his private life, his inner life, and I thought this might be a way of getting at that."

David Herbert Donald, American Historian

Time, Life, Thought, Accomplishments

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"When you're drawing comics, you get very involved in how the story is going to develop and you spend more time daydreaming on that particular subject."

"When you're drawing comics, you get very involved in how the story is going to develop and you spend more time daydreaming on that particular subject."

Sergio Aragones, Spanish Cartoonist

35

"Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid."

"Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid."

Ugo Betti, Italian Playwright

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"I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive."

"I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive."

Barbara Cook, American Musician

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"Well, Peter has a writing style, but again, time changes subject matters and attitudes."

"Well, Peter has a writing style, but again, time changes subject matters and attitudes."

Josh Silver, American Musician

Time, Style, Writing

35

"A good balance of winning and losing is important. If you just win all the time, you won't get anything out of it; having some tough losses can be really important."

"A good balance of winning and losing is important. If you just win all the time, you won't get anything out of it; having some tough losses can be really important."

Andrew Shue, American Actor

Time, Winning, Balance, Losing

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"You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel."

"You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel."

Michael Ondaatje, Canadian Author

Time, Action, Drama, Want

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"Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset of all time in any sport that I can think of."

"Here were these college kids beating the Soviets and going on to the Olympic Gold Medal. To me, that's the greatest upset of all time in any sport that I can think of."

Jim McKay, American Journalist

Time, College, Gold, Kids

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"Although I wasn't able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for the time and place, and I visited a tropical prison in the Philippines to get a sense of what a Vietnamese prison might have been like."

"Although I wasn't able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for the time and place, and I visited a tropical prison in the Philippines to get a sense of what a Vietnamese prison might have been like."

Tony Hillerman, American Author

Time, Prison, Sense, Talk

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"It's all right buying all these good players but they've got to gel, and that takes time."

"It's all right buying all these good players but they've got to gel, and that takes time."

Eric Bristow, American Celebrity

Time, Buying, Right

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"When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I'm doing a horrible job, quite the contrary, I just feel it's so surreal to feel like one person can entertain so many at one time."

"When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I'm doing a horrible job, quite the contrary, I just feel it's so surreal to feel like one person can entertain so many at one time."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

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"Hollywood has lost touch with their audience a long time ago."

"Hollywood has lost touch with their audience a long time ago."

John Ratzenberger, American Actor

Time, Hollywood

35

"I'd like to get back into journalism. I'm hoping someone will offer me a job as a commentator or one of those political analysts that you see on the news shows all the time."

"I'd like to get back into journalism. I'm hoping someone will offer me a job as a commentator or one of those political analysts that you see on the news shows all the time."

Jeff Gannon, American Journalist

Time, Job, Journalism, News

35

"Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages."

"Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Time, Civilization

35

"King Pellinore that time followed the questing beast."

"King Pellinore that time followed the questing beast."

Thomas Malory, English Author

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"Time abides long enough for those who make use of it."

"Time abides long enough for those who make use of it."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Time, Patience, Opportunity, Life

35

"In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law."

"In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law."

Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge

Time, Law, Opinions

35

"In America, politicians do whatever to get re-elected, and a lot of decisions that were being made at that time by Kennedy were certain not to get him re-elected."

"In America, politicians do whatever to get re-elected, and a lot of decisions that were being made at that time by Kennedy were certain not to get him re-elected."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

Time, America, Being, Decisions

35

"It is soooooo necessary to get the basic skills, because by the time you graduate, undergraduate or graduate, that field would have totally changed from your first day of school."

"It is soooooo necessary to get the basic skills, because by the time you graduate, undergraduate or graduate, that field would have totally changed from your first day of school."

Leigh Steinberg, American Businessman

Time, Day, First, School

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"He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make?"

"He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make?"

Pierre Salinger, American Public Servant

Time, Work, Policy, Day

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"Having regrets and things, it just takes your time away."

"Having regrets and things, it just takes your time away."

Leif Garrett, American Musician

35

"There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don't like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don't spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities."

"There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don't like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don't spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities."

Michael Dell, American Businessman

Time, Success, Cause, Company

35

"I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and an evil time."

"I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and an evil time."

Auberon Herbert, British Philosopher

Time, Evil, Lies

35

"I have my own language and it's high time I put a little of it out there."

"I have my own language and it's high time I put a little of it out there."

Paul Westerberg, American Musician

35

"I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs."

"I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs."

Omar Epps, American Actor

Time, Business, Career, Saying

35

"People wonder why first-time directors can make a brilliant picture, then suck on the second one. It's because they're a little terrified the first time. So they listen to all the experts around them."

"People wonder why first-time directors can make a brilliant picture, then suck on the second one. It's because they're a little terrified the first time. So they listen to all the experts around them."

James Caan, American Actor

Time, People, Experts, First

35

"I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on."

"I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on."

Mike Figgis, English Director

Time, Thought, Film

35

"In this case we're building a corner to stretch a fence and hang a gate. It had a real purpose in the ranch here. I needed to do this. But at the same time, it made a beautiful structure."

"In this case we're building a corner to stretch a fence and hang a gate. It had a real purpose in the ranch here. I needed to do this. But at the same time, it made a beautiful structure."

Bruce Nauman, American Sculptor

Time, Purpose, Building

35

"It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present, how much of daily life is usually spent making plans and attempting to control the future. Never mind that you have no control over it. The idea of the future is our greatest entertainment, amusement, and time-killer."

"It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present, how much of daily life is usually spent making plans and attempting to control the future. Never mind that you have no control over it. The idea of the future is our greatest entertainment, amusement, and time-killer."

Erica Jong, American Novelist

Time, Future, Planning, Control

35

"These days, there are a great many books about childhood trauma and its effects, but at the time all the experts agreed that one should forget about it as quickly as possible and pick up where you left off."

"These days, there are a great many books about childhood trauma and its effects, but at the time all the experts agreed that one should forget about it as quickly as possible and pick up where you left off."

Peter Straub, American Writer

Time, Books, Childhood, Experts

35

"I didn't take very much part in activities on campus at that time."

"I didn't take very much part in activities on campus at that time."

Daniel J. Evans, American Politician

35

"That's what takes people out of the fight half the time. They get hit and half the reaction is your ego is saying, 'I cannot believe that person just lit me up - how humiliating.'"

"That's what takes people out of the fight half the time. They get hit and half the reaction is your ego is saying, 'I cannot believe that person just lit me up - how humiliating.'"

David O. Russell, American Director

Time, People, Ego, Fight

35

"Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails, we got pulled into some big event book or crossover and it cost momentum and messed badly with the pacing and structure of the book."

"Every time I got 'Amazing Spider-Man' or 'Fantastic Four' or another book firmly on the rails, we got pulled into some big event book or crossover and it cost momentum and messed badly with the pacing and structure of the book."

J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer

35

"These guys were the best. They were the best at their positions and made playing the game easier. And at the same time it made it so much more enjoyable."

"These guys were the best. They were the best at their positions and made playing the game easier. And at the same time it made it so much more enjoyable."

Johnny Bench, American Athlete

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