Quotes with time-scale

Quotes 1981 till 2000 of 2742.

  • Benny Anderson The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they're available all the time for everyone that wants them in person.
    Benny Anderson
    Swedish musician, composer and producer
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  • Nancy Reagan The Sixties, of course, was the worst time in the world to try and bring up a child. They were exposed to all these crazy things going on.
    Nancy Reagan
    American film actress and First Lady (1921 - 2016)
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  • Bertrand Russell The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Carl Honore The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right amount of time and attention in the problem so you solve it.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • John Maynard Keynes The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.
    John Maynard Keynes
    British economist (1883 - 1946)
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  • Betty Comden The song 'Some Other Time...' is full of emotion. In wartime, it had a tremendously poignant feeling.
    Betty Comden
    American musician and writer of screenplays (1917 - 2006)
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  • E. M. Cioran The source of our actions resides in an unconscious propensity to regard ourselves as the center, the cause, and the conclusion of time. Our reflexes and our pride transform into a planet the parcel of flesh and consciousness we are.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Bobby Ray Inman The standard rumor at the time was that Rumsfeld, as chief of staff, had persuaded President Ford to appoint George H.W. Bush as director of Central Intelligence, assuming that that got rid of a potential competitor for the presidency.
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  • Bill Rodgers The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport.
    Bill Rodgers
    American marathon athlete (1947 - )
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  • George Brandes The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.
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  • Bernard Ebbers The strength in our third-quarter financial results is cause for excitement. I'm particularly pleased that we continue to demonstrate impressive growth at the same time we are engaged in important merger discussions.
    Bernard Ebbers
    Canadian businessman (1941 - 2020)
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  • Bob Seger The studio is really fun because I don't make it into the studio unless I've got something I really like. I love working with different musicians in the studio; that's a real joy, working with someone for the first time.
    Bob Seger
    American singer, songwriter and musician (1945 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Arnold Bennett The supply of time is a daily miracle. You wake up in the morning and lo! Your purse is magnificently filled with 24 hours of the unmanufactured tissue of the universe of life. It is yours! The most precious of your possessions.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • John F. Kennedy The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of this planet.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • F. Scott Fitzgerald The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    American writer (1896 - 1940)
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  • Ben Whishaw The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you're always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You're always protected.
    Ben Whishaw
    English actor (1980 - )
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  • Calvin Harris The thing is, any time anyone invades anyone on stage, the invader always looks really bad no matter what point they're proving - obviously that applies to myself too.
    Calvin Harris
    Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter (1984 - )
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  • Benjamin Booker The time after college and before music was really rough. I couldn't afford food. I was eating bread and butter for five months. Living in New Orleans, I couldn't afford to take care of myself. I had no health insurance.
    Benjamin Booker
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1989 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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