Half Hours Quotes

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  A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

  Charles Darwin

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1958). “Autobiography and Selected Letters”, p.145, Courier Corporation

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• You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.

  Barbara Bush

  Mother, President, Half

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• I love you, I know this must come as something of a surprise, since all I’ve ever done is scorn you and degrade you and taunt you, but I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more. I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man, but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing compared to what I felt then. But ten minutes after that, I understood that my previous love was a puddle compared to the high seas before a storm.

  William Goldman

  Love You, Men, Sea

  William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride”, p.44, A&C Black

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• TV makes it so easy to postpone living for another half hour.

  Bill McKibben

  Half, Tvs, Easy

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• I am not menopausal. I just wanted half an hour alone. Is that too much to ask? A crappy half hour!

  Janet Evanovich

  Half, Too Much, Hours

  Janet Evanovich (2008). “To the Nines”, p.12, Macmillan

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• The clock strikes off the hollow half-hours of all the life that is left to you, one by one.

  Emily Bronte

  Half, Hours, Clock

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• A cold blast hit him and he laughed at the sting as he stepped outside, surveyed the night sky, and drank deeply. Such a good liar he was. Such a good one. Everyone thought he was fine because he'd camo'd his little problems. He wore a Sox hat to hide the eye twitch. Set his wristwatch to go off every half hour to beat back the dream. Ate though he wasn't angry. Laughed though he found nothing funny. And he'd always smoked like a chimney.

  J.R. Ward

  Dream, Liars, Eye

  J.R. Ward (2007). “Lover Revealed: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.387, Penguin

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• The first time I hung out with [David Blaine], he took me to this condemned building, and it had a pizza oven and he crawled into the pizza oven and turned the heat on to 400 degrees or something like that, and he stayed in it for I guess a half hour. He came out, and except for one or two second-degree burns, he was unscathed. You meet a lot of musicians and filmmakers and actors, but it's rare to meet someone who can step inside a pizza oven and take the heat. I was intrigued by that.

  Harmony Korine

  Two, Musician, Degrees

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• Racing cars which have been converted for road use never really work. It's like making a hard core adult film, and then editing it so that it can be shown in British hotels. You'd just end up with a sort of half hour close up of some bloke's sweaty face.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Editing, Car, Racing

  "Top Gear". TV Series, www.imdb.com.

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• Twenty aspirin, a little slit alongside the veins of the arm, maybe even a bad half hour standing on a roof: We've all had those. And somewhat more dangerous things, like putting a gun in your mouth. But you put it there, you taste it, it's cold and greasy, your finger is on the trigger, and you find that a whole world lies between this moment and the moment you've been planning, when you'll pull the trigger. That world defeats you. You put the gun back in the drawer. You'll have to find another way.

  Susanna Kaysen

  Lying, Gun, Girl Interrupted

  Susanna Kaysen (2013). “Girl, Interrupted”, p.17, Vintage

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• Ranger picked up and there was a moment of silence as if he was sensing me at the other end, taking my body temperature and heart rate long distance. “Babe,” he finally said. “Do you know the slum apartment building Bobby Sunflower owns on Stark?” “Yes. It’s on the same block as his funeral home.” “That’s the one. I’m going in to look for someone. If you don’t hear from me in a half hour maybe you could send someone to check.” “Is this a smart thing to do?” “Probably not.” “As long as you know,” Ranger said. And he disconnected.

  Janet Evanovich

  Block, Smart, Distance

  Janet Evanovich (2010). “Sizzling Sixteen”, p.20, Macmillan

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• In half hour my mother has managed to give me what my father couldn't: my past.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mother, Father, Past

  Jodi Picoult (2007). “Vanishing acts”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

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• I know that my job is to perform, it wouldn't be a very interesting show if I just came out one day and said, "I'm going to sit here in a ball and rock back and forth. And won't you join me for a half hour of sadness."

  Jon Stewart

  Jobs, Sadness, Rocks

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• We talked filth for a pleasant half hour.

  William Boyd

  Half, Filth, Hours

  William Boyd (2003). “Any human heart: a novel”, Alfred a Knopf Inc

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• Sometimes Thomas Mackee will stick an earphone into my ear and ask me to listen to a song. When I get over the revulsion of putting something in my ear that's been in his, I sit back and let the music take over, and for a half hour there's something comforting about someone's heart beating at the same rhythm as mine.

  Melina Marchetta

  Song, Heart, Comforting

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.105, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I'd like to shower and change clothes," she said. "Would you mind waiting for me a half hour?" The question seemed to amuse him. "Not at all," he said with exaggerated formality. "Please take all the time you need." Michael watched her walk away. Did he mind waiting a half hour for her? Not at all. He'd been waiting years for her.

  Judith McNaught

  Years, Clothes, Waiting

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• I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. They kept flashing a 1-800 number, so I called it. The woman who picked up the other end of the phone was named Michelle. And I told Michelle that I was a kid and did not need an exercise machine, but I hoped she was having a good night. That's when Michelle hung up on me. And I didn't mind a bit.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Good Night, Reading, Kids

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

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• I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Patriotic, Thinking, Alaska

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• I spend around two and half hours on the track every day running and another 2 hours in the weight room lifting weights with my strength coach.

  Allyson Felix

  Running, Lifting Weights, Two

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• Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'

  Nathan Fillion

  Kings, Reading, Kids

  "Nathan Fillion Reveals Why He's Hooked on Books" by David Hochman, parade.com. June 8, 2012.

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• Everyone has a mad half-hour once a month.

  Geri Halliwell

  Mad, Half, Months

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• With any half-hour comedy, it kind of takes on its own life and finds itself.

  Seth MacFarlane

  Half, Comedy, Kind

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Alexia had found pregnancy relatively manageable, up to a point. That point having been some three weeks ago, at which juncture her natural reserves of control gave way to sentimentality. Only yesterday she had ended breakfast sobbing over the fried eggs because they looked at her funny. The pack had spent a good half hour trying to find a way to pacify her. Her husband was so worried he looked to start crying himself.

  Gail Carriger

  Husband, Pregnancy, Eggs

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• It's no good. I've been trying to sleep for the last half-hour, and I can't. Writing here is a sort of drug. It's the only thing I look forward to. This afternoon I read what I wrote... And it seemed vivid. I know it seems vivid because my imagination fills in all the bits another person wouldn't understand. I mean, it's vanity. But it seems a sort of magic... And I just can't live in this present. I would go mad if I did

  John Fowles

  Writing, Mean, Sleep

  John Fowles (2010). “The Collector”, p.165, Random House

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• Women never have a half-hour in all their lives (excepting before or after anybody is up in the house) that they can call their own, without fear of offending or of hurting someone. Why do people sit up so late, or, more rarely, get up so early? Not because the day is not long enough, but because they have 'no time in the day to themselves.' 1852

  Florence Nightingale

  Hurt, Offending, Long

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