Quotes with time-lag

Quotes 2101 till 2120 of 2685.

  • Bill Bryson There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Bob Hayes There's a lot of pain in my heart because what I accomplished was second to none. I'm not losing any sleep, but I do pay attention every year at this time.
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  • Afrika Bambaataa There's a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch phrase... When Planet Rock came out, then you had all of the electro funk records.
    Afrika Bambaataa
    American disc jockey, rapper, songwriter and producer (1957 - )
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  • Louis Ferdinand Céline There's a point of poverty at which the spirit isn't with the body all the time. It finds the body really too unbearable. So it's almost as if you were talking to the soul itself. And a soul's not properly responsible.
    Louis Ferdinand Céline
    French writer (1894 - 1961)
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  • Ziggy Marley There's a rainbow in the sky, all the time, don't be blind.
    Ziggy Marley
    Jamaican reggae singer (1968 - )
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  • Hazel Scott There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.
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  • Boz Scaggs There's a whole lot of songs that men just can't do. The words are from another time and represent too much of an emotional commitment, whereas women can say that because of who they are.
    Boz Scaggs
    American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1944 - )
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  • Brendon Urie There's actually a song called 'Vegas Lights,' which I wanted to be an anthem for Vegas, that represented how I felt when I went to the clubs. I felt this weird energy where everybody was having a good time, and it didn't matter. Dancing like nobody's watching. It was kind of beautiful.
    Brendon Urie
    American singer, songwriter, and musician (1987 - )
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  • Andrew Wiles There's also a sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about if all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night, and that went on for eight years.
    Andrew Wiles
    English mathematician (1953 - )
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  • Don Delillo There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.
    Don Delillo
    American Author (1936 - )
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  • Betty Wright There's always a time when you think you've done your last song or you've written your last rap or, you know, people are not checking for you.
    Betty Wright
    American singer (1953 - 2020)
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  • Anthony Weiner There's no doubt about it that Mubarak has been indeed a partner with Israel, but there's also no doubt about something else. Conditions in Egypt were getting worse and worse, and it was almost just a matter of time before the popular uprising started.
    Anthony Weiner
    American politician (1964 - )
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  • Ben Wheatley There's no way you can shoot low-budget stuff on lots of locations. It's just a practicality thing because every time you move, it costs time and money.
    Ben Wheatley
    English filmmaker and screenwriter (1972 - )
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  • Bill Murray There's only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing. Sometimes you can avoid a traffic violation. But the only time it really matters is in the emergency room with your kids. That's when you want to be noticed, because it's very easy to get forgotten in an ER.
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • Brea Grant There's something really amazing about watching an actor like Michael C. Hall or Jennifer Carpenter, who are completely professional and do everything so brilliantly, but yet can have a really great time on set.
    Brea Grant
    American actress and writer (1981 - )
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  • Bruce Cockburn These fragile bodies of touch and taste
    This vibrant skin, this hair like lace
    Spirits open to the thrust of grace
    Never a breath you can afford to waste, when you're
    Lovers in a dangerous time
    Lovers in a dangerous time...
    Stealing Fire (1984)
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Harriet Beecher Stowe These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    American Novelist (1811 - 1896)
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  • Andy Warhol They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
    Andy Warhol
    American artist (1928 - 1987)
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  • Raymond Chandler They don't want you until you have made a name, and by the time you have made a name, you have developed some kind of talent they can't use. All they will do is spoil it, if you let them.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Brendan Fraser They had a hard time miking me in my loin cloth, I mean, where were they gonna tape it?
    Brendan Fraser
    American and Canadian actor (1969 - )
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