Quotes with time-scale

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  • Arthur Christiansen Good stories flow like honey. Bad stories stick in the craw. A bad story? One that cannot be absorbed on the first time of reading.
    Arthur Christiansen
    British journalist, and editor (1904 - 1963)
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  • Sydney Smith Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.
    Sydney Smith
    English writer and cleric (1856 - 1934)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Victor Hugo Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • James Russell Lowell Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime . Not failure, but low aim is crime.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • André Maurois Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • Calvin Harris Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.
    Calvin Harris
    Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter (1984 - )
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  • Benjamin Watson Guys are playing fantasy football; some guys I think even play fantasy baseball. I don't get involved with it. I have five kids; I just don't have time. Not that anything's wrong with the fantasy, but I just don't have time for it with my lifestyle.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Mark Twain Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Andrew Marvell Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime.
    Andrew Marvell
    English poet, satirist and politician (1621 - 1678)
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  • Bob Dylan Half of the people can be part right all of the time,
    Some of the people can be all right part of the time,
    But all the people can't be all right all the time.
    I think Abraham Lincoln said that.
    I'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.
    I said that.
    Source: The Freewheelin Bob Dylan (1963)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Will Rogers Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Barbet Schroeder Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia. All the time, you say to yourself, did I just see that?
    Barbet Schroeder
    Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer (1941 - )
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  • Robert Green Ingersoll Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
    Robert Green Ingersoll
    American lawyer, a Civil War veteran and politician (1833 - 1899)
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  • Bob Weinstein Harvey and I grew up in Queens, N.Y. My brother and I shared a room for 18 years until we went away to college. When we were kids, after our father said, 'Lights out,' he also exclaimed, 'No more talking. Time for sleep.' But we'd stay up late, arguing over statistics, who the best center fielder was - Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle.
    Bob Weinstein
    American film producer (1954 - )
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  • Buddha Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Brent Spiner Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world.
    Brent Spiner
    American actor, comedian and singer (1949 - )
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  • Arthur Godfrey He asked if I was a songwriter, and I said yeah, that I was in town because I'd won this contest. He said, okay, then he was gonna play me his hit, and started singing 'When it's time to relax, one beer stands clear... '.
    Arthur Godfrey
    American radio and television (1903 - 1983)
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  • Anthony Holden He did once say the time to worry is when they stop writing about you but again I think that was pretty token of the coverage was very respectful, he rather resented the intrusions on his private life, but that was about it.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Henry David Thoreau He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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