Timing Quotes - Page 14

• The towers fell, and the first thing that went through my head was my dad's voice: 'Well, you brought a new life into the world, and the world's over. Nice timing, numbnuts!

  Christopher Titus

  Dad, Nice, Voice

  "5th Annual End of the World Tour". www.imdb.com. 2007.

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• You must study their deliveries, their use of their bodies, their timing, and their use of audio and vocal effects.

  Franklyn Ajaye

  Use, Body, Audio

  Franklyn Ajaye (2002). “Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy”

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• I haven't invented anything earth-shattering. If I could be said to have one noteworthy ability compared with the average person, it's that I have a keen interest in reading the direction and timing of paradigm shifts.

  Masayoshi Son

  Reading, Average, Earth

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• I've always been a sci-fi geek, and I've always loved it. It's my favorite genre of all. The irony of ironies is that, in my early career, I just really never worked in it. "Star Trek" was very interested in me, partially because I did "From the Earth to the Moon," and I was really interested in them, but the timing just never worked out.

  Remi Aubuchon

  Stars, Moon, Careers

  Source: collider.com

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• Comedy's easy for me now - it's all about timing and the way you deliver lines. I use facial expressions to get the point across.

  Melissa Joan Hart

  Expression, Use, Lines

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• It's hard to transfer one person's type of comic timing or approach to another person's. It's something you innately hear like a rhythm in your ear.

  Marisa Tomei

  Ears, Comic, Type

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• Everything kind of was leading towards that and I had so many specific ideas always about how exactly I wanted something to look. I would customize so many things in my wardrobe that were vintage or things that I was buying, and it just really all aligned and the timing was perfect.

  Rumi Neely

  Ideas, Vintage, Perfect

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Interestingly, schizophrenics can tickle themselves because of a problem with their timing that does not allow their motor actions and resulting sensations to be correctly sequenced.

  David Eagleman

  Doe, Action, Problem

  David Eagleman (2011). “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain”, p.61, Vintage

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• I negotiated the proper timing and other things having to do with one of our other debates.

  Donald Trump

  Debate

  "Donald Trump transcript: The Republican nominee in his own words". Interview with Philip Rucker, www.washingtonpost.com. August 2, 2016.

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• Luck is being in the right place at the right time, but location and timing are to some extent under our control.

  Natasha Josefowitz

  Luck, Location, Right Time

  Natasha Josefowitz (1980). “Paths to power: a woman's guide from first job to top executive”, Addison Wesley Publishing Company

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• Timing is everything in this markets.

  Daniel S. Loeb

  Investing, Financial, Timing Is Everything

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• I'm not very good on timing. In fact, I've stayed away from it.

  Walter Schloss

  Investing, Facts, Very Good

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• We are convinced that the intelligent investor can derive satisfactory results from pricing of either type (market timing or fundamental analysis via price). We are equally sure that if he places his emphasis on timing, in the sense of forecasting, he will end up as a speculator and with a speculator's financial results." And "The speculator's primary interest lies in anticipating and profiting from market fluctuations. The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices.

  Benjamin Graham

  Lying, Intelligent, Analysis

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• Sometimes it's not that two people aren't right for each other, its more like the timing wasn't right.

  Jasmine V

  Two, People, Sometimes

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• The whole art of life is knowing the right time to say things.

  Maeve Binchy

  Art, Knowing, Life Is

  Maeve Binchy (1995). “Three Complete Books”, Wings

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• Don't miss God's fingerprints all over the events, lining up people and circumstances in perfect timing to preserve His people and advance His agenda.

  James MacDonald

  People, Perfect, Missing

  James MacDonald (2011). “Always True: God's 5 Promises When Life Is Hard”, p.77, Moody Publishers

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• If you are sure that He is calling and you can be sure that He will also remove the barriers that would preclude your service, in His perfect timing. Rest in that.

  David Sills

  Perfect, Missionary, Calling

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• Preston Sturges is one of my favorites. I learned about dialogue and timing from him - louder, faster, funnier. But I do love Mel Brooks.

  Clara Mamet

  Brooks, Faster, Dialogue

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• For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don't have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play.

  Sam Shepard

  Writing, Light, Play

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• Sex is identical to comedy in that it involves timing.

  Phyllis Diller

  Funny, Sex, Humor

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• I think marriage is all about timing. Getting married is insanity; I mean, it's a risk - who knows if you're going to be together forever? But you both say, 'We're going to take this chance, in the same spirit.

  Cate Blanchett

  Mean, Thinking, Insanity

  "Cate Blanchett: 'Getting Married Is Insanity'". people.com. January 12, 2007.

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• The success that comes from my books is not something I feel very comfortable with. Past a certain point you have to accept the idea that the success is a lot to do with the timing and luck and that divorces you from it massively. There are aspects of it that I haven't got used to at all. But I've enjoyed some parts of it massively. It relates to the same reason I did a lot of backpacking — partly for the experience — it's something to tell my grandkids. It's a weird chain of events to have in your life.

  Alex Garland

  Book, Divorce, Past

  "Beach nut". Interview with Sue Wheat, www.salon.com. February 11, 2000.

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• There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money. If you fail, do not be discouraged; try again. When you do well, do not change your ways. Success is not just good luck: it is a combination of hard work, good credit standing, opportunity, readiness and timing. Success will not last if you do not take care of it.

  Henry Sy

  Good Luck, Hard Work, Opportunity

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• The timing for directing is usually because it takes that long to develop a piece and then do pre-production and then post-production. It takes at least a couple of years. I prefer directing to doing other things. Directing and writing seem to be infinitely more creative

  George Clooney

  Couple, Writing, Years

  "George Clooney, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Bob Balaban, John Goodman and Producer Grant Heslov Talk THE MONUMENTS MEN". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. February 3, 2014.

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• Well, I don't need protection One life begins, another dies Bad timing I won't last

  John Frusciante

  Needs, Lasts, Protection

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