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"According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end of time."

"According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end of time."

Grazia Deledda, Italian Writer

Time, Christmas, End, Will

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"Two years work wasted, I have been breeding those flies for all that time and I've got nothing out of it."

"Two years work wasted, I have been breeding those flies for all that time and I've got nothing out of it."

Thomas Hunt Morgan, American Scientist

Time, Work, Breeding, Flies

34

"To me, Garth, he's kind of like my guardian angel. It's like every time I need some help, he's there."

"To me, Garth, he's kind of like my guardian angel. It's like every time I need some help, he's there."

Chris LeDoux, American Musician

34

"Over the holidays, and even during filming, I realized that I actually like my body, even if it's not perfect according to the book. I just feel sexy. For the first time, I don't want to get rid of the curves. I just want to tone it up. My body is comfortable, and it's not unhealthy, so I'm going to rock with it."

"Over the holidays, and even during filming, I realized that I actually like my body, even if it's not perfect according to the book. I just feel sexy. For the first time, I don't want to get rid of the curves. I just want to tone it up. My body is comfortable, and it's not unhealthy, so I'm going to rock with it."

Rihanna, American Musician

Time, Body, First, Holidays

34

"I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself."

"I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself."

Bobby Sherman, American Musician

34

"The last time when I handed over information was in February or March 1949."

"The last time when I handed over information was in February or March 1949."

Klaus Fuchs, German Physicist

Time, February, Information, March

34

"I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time."

"I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time."

Kelly Lynch, American Actress

34

"All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood."

"All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood."

Benjamin Spock, American Scientist

Time, Childhood, Learning

34

"Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others' retiring."

"Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others' retiring."

Mary Wortley, English Royalty

Time, Effect, Mind, Passion

34

"Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation and astonishment, in an illustrated magazine."

"Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation and astonishment, in an illustrated magazine."

Pierre Loti, French Writer

Time, Hesitation

34

"It's the right idea, but not the right time."

"It's the right idea, but not the right time."

John Dalton, British Scientist

Time, Idea, Right

34

"I am told that there is a proverbial phrase among the Inuit: 'A long time ago, in the future.' Let the children see our history, and maybe it will help to shape the future."

"I am told that there is a proverbial phrase among the Inuit: 'A long time ago, in the future.' Let the children see our history, and maybe it will help to shape the future."

Romeo LeBlanc, Canadian Politician

Time, History, Children, Future

34

"It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I've buried him. I buried him last year."

"It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I've buried him. I buried him last year."

Peter O'Toole, Irish Actor

34

"About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends."

"About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends."

Herbert Hoover, American President

34

"Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself."

"Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

Time, Acting, Actor, Deals

34

"UF is Utilization Flight. That got put in the manifest quite some time ago."

"UF is Utilization Flight. That got put in the manifest quite some time ago."

Linda M. Godwin, American Astronaut

34

"I was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT to be paid, but I will pay someone if I can run off stage right now. It was so bad."

"I was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT to be paid, but I will pay someone if I can run off stage right now. It was so bad."

Julia Sweeney, American Comedian

Time, Now, Right, Will

34

"Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere."

"Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere."

Charles Rangel, American Politician

Time, Positive, Europe, Harm

34

"I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring."

"I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring."

George Foreman, American Athlete

34

"And initially, a lot of companies avoid trying to make a really radical new kind of title for a new system, because that would involve learning a new machine and learning how to make the new title at the same time."

"And initially, a lot of companies avoid trying to make a really radical new kind of title for a new system, because that would involve learning a new machine and learning how to make the new title at the same time."

Trip Hawkins, American Businessman

Time, Learning, Machine, Radical

34

"I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful."

"I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful."

Harold Ramis, American Actor

34

"Oh, I did stop smoking a long time ago."

"Oh, I did stop smoking a long time ago."

Mario Lemieux, Canadian Athlete

34

"You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing with it. At the same time, I don't believe in being so rigid about controlling what happens either."

"You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing with it. At the same time, I don't believe in being so rigid about controlling what happens either."

Paul Auster, American Author

34

"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests."

"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests."

Gore Vidal, American Novelist

Time, People, Disguise, Language

34

"We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences."

"We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences."

Layne Staley, American Musician

Time, Kids, Learning

34

"My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten."

"My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten."

Amy Tan, American Novelist

Time, Expectations, Parents

34

"It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment."

"It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment."

Carl Andre, American Artist

Time, Environment, Living

34

"Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace."

"Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace."

Frederick W. Taylor, American Scientist

34

"As I look over my work, I mean every time I look over my early work, I see, yes, I could do that then and then I could do that and that... That may be the hardest thing for a writer, at least for a poet, to tell what the identity of his work is."

"As I look over my work, I mean every time I look over my early work, I see, yes, I could do that then and then I could do that and that... That may be the hardest thing for a writer, at least for a poet, to tell what the identity of his work is."

Kenneth Koch, American Poet

Time, Work, Identity, May

34

"Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."

"Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Time, Desire, First, Nothing

34

"The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back to what you were. However it leaves an indelible mark on your psyche."

"The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back to what you were. However it leaves an indelible mark on your psyche."

Alex Lifeson, Canadian Musician

Time, Life, Beginning

34

"I keep one simple rule that I only move in one direction - I write the book straight through from beginning to end. By following time's arrow, I keep myself sane."

"I keep one simple rule that I only move in one direction - I write the book straight through from beginning to end. By following time's arrow, I keep myself sane."

Jonathan Lethem, American Writer

Time, Beginning, Direction, End

34

"I felt that if there wasn't going to be a good opportunity, then I would just go back to second units which I love, keep working with great directors, keep learning and knowing that the opportunity would come when the time was right."

"I felt that if there wasn't going to be a good opportunity, then I would just go back to second units which I love, keep working with great directors, keep learning and knowing that the opportunity would come when the time was right."

David R. Ellis, American Director

Time, Love, Opportunity, Learning

34

"How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the country they fought for won't take care of them when they come back? In the time of war our troops and their families are supposed to be our number one priority."

"How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the country they fought for won't take care of them when they come back? In the time of war our troops and their families are supposed to be our number one priority."

John Salazar, American Politician

Time, War, Care, Country

34

"I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it."

"I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it."

Anne Hutchinson, American Clergyman

Time, Women, Lies

34

"At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed."

"At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed."

Frederick Douglass, American Author

Time, Argument, Irony

34

"The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall."

"The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall."

Orville Wright, American Inventor

34

"It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time - until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their natural form."

"It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time - until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their natural form."

Hart Crane, American Poet

Time, Energy, Order, Patience

34

"I know how I like to be treated, so I always start by saying, 'Could you give me a moment of your time, I know you're very busy,' and usually, they will."

"I know how I like to be treated, so I always start by saying, 'Could you give me a moment of your time, I know you're very busy,' and usually, they will."

Arthur Godfrey, American Entertainer

Time, Saying, Will

34

"I still can't quite believe it. Although there was something about the fact that it was a first-time writer, a first-time producer, and a first-time director all at the same time."

"I still can't quite believe it. Although there was something about the fact that it was a first-time writer, a first-time producer, and a first-time director all at the same time."

Sam Mendes, British Director

Time, Fact, First, Writer

34

"This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh your time in a friendly way by running with the watch instead of against it or away from it."

"This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh your time in a friendly way by running with the watch instead of against it or away from it."

Joe Henderson, American Athlete

Time, Act, Now, Past

34

"Off camera, I am not so quiet, I have a fun time, relaxed."

"Off camera, I am not so quiet, I have a fun time, relaxed."

LaToya London, American Musician

Time, Fun, Quiet

34

"My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to the enemy paying the highest price in the struggle."

"My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to the enemy paying the highest price in the struggle."

Lech Walesa, Polish Activist

Time, War, Country, Enemy

34

"Personally, one of the down sides of founding a company is that there is always too much work to do, and sadly I find I don't have much time to code any more."

"Personally, one of the down sides of founding a company is that there is always too much work to do, and sadly I find I don't have much time to code any more."

Eric Allman, American Scientist

Time, Work, Company, Founding

34

"There are things we can all do to help, including carpooling and traveling only when necessary, in order to save gas during this time. However, there is also something more important which we can all do: buy only the gas which you need."

"There are things we can all do to help, including carpooling and traveling only when necessary, in order to save gas during this time. However, there is also something more important which we can all do: buy only the gas which you need."

Jo Bonner, American Politician

Time, Help, Order, Traveling

34

"Vertigo, it was thought at the time, could only be caused by a disease of the cerebellum. He observed this kind of patient for years and saw absolutely no symptoms of brain disease."

"Vertigo, it was thought at the time, could only be caused by a disease of the cerebellum. He observed this kind of patient for years and saw absolutely no symptoms of brain disease."

Robert Barany, Austrian Scientist

Time, Thought, Disease, Vertigo

34

"If you're unable to catch it in time, the cancer can spread to the lymph nodes and at that point, the cancer is essentially incurable, but that doesn't mean your condition can't be improved."

"If you're unable to catch it in time, the cancer can spread to the lymph nodes and at that point, the cancer is essentially incurable, but that doesn't mean your condition can't be improved."

Len Dawson, American Athlete

34

"A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense."

"A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense."

Lawrence Lessig, American Educator

Time, Ideas, Character, Defense

34

"I was at Yankee Stadium one time at 5 a.m., but that was to buy angel dust."

"I was at Yankee Stadium one time at 5 a.m., but that was to buy angel dust."

Artie Lange, American Actor

34

"The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more and more isolated."

"The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more and more isolated."

Eamon de Valera, Irish Statesman

Time, Military, Problems

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