My Time Quotes - Page 24

• As 17th U.S. Surgeon General, I was privileged to serve as the nation's doctor. I focused much of my time on promoting proven programs and individual steps that lead to good health.

  Richard Carmona

  Doctors, Steps, Individual

  "Childhood Obesity: Fighting for the Future Health of America's Youth" by Richard Carmona, M.D., www.huffingtonpost.com. September 25, 2010.

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• I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.

  Natalie Babbitt

  Reading, Drawing, Ohio

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• I've always sensed for myself an obligation to bear witness to my time.

  Athol Fugard

  Bears, Obligation, Witness

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• Having signed a few autographs in my time, I always wonder what the heck people do with them.

  Jasper Carrott

  People, Wonder, Signing Autographs

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

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• When Im writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids havent left me.

  Sadie Jones

  Husband, Kids, Writing

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• "My good fellow," retorted Mr. Boffin, "you have my word; and how you can have that, without my honour too, I don't know. I've sorted a lot of dust in my time, but I never knew the two things go into separate heaps."

  Charles Dickens

  Dust, Two, Words Of Wisdom

  Charles Dickens (2006). “Our Mutual Friend: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.6, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Student is #1. If a student comes to me and needs an hour after class of my time, I am going to give him everything without hesitation.

  Jake Anderson

  Class, Giving, Needs

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• I don't do filler songs. I don't get them. They don't make any sense to me. Why would I literally waste my time on a song that doesn't hold up to the same standards as the other songs on the album? I won't play it live.

  Betty Who

  Song, Play, Albums

  "Your Next Pop Obsession: Betty Who". Interview with Seth Plattner, www.elle.com. August 5, 2013.

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• The age was still dark and reeked of the havoc and misfortunes of the Goths who had put all good literature to destruction. But, by God's goodness, in my time light and dignity were returned to letters, and I see there such improvement that today I would have great difficulty being admitted to the most elementary classes--I, who in my time was reputed to be (and not wrongly) to be the most knowledgeable person of the century.

  Francois Rabelais

  Education, Knowledge, Dark

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• And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant and profitable reflections?

  Michel de Montaigne

  Book, Reading, Reflection

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• I am back in LA now. And I keep thinking back to my time in New York after the bombings.... I was crying so much I could not see, and the other diners joined in, and I thought, What do you do with such atheistic evil?

  Ben Stein

  New York, Thinking, Evil

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• My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my cellmates about white supremacy and how to fight against it.

  Nelson Mandela

  Teaching, Fighting, White

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• Married life is a simpler life. Who I spend my time with is established in advance.

  Bill Gates

  Married, Life Is, Married Life

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• I spent most of my time in my room staring at a mirror. I never knew I was supposed to socialize. I just spent hours making faces at myself, having a good time.

  Jim Carrey

  Mirrors, Rooms, Faces

  "New Again: Jim Carrey". Interview with Betsy Borns, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 28, 2014.

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• I've played lots of villains in my time and I think the reason they've been so successful is that they're not two-dimensional. They're not black and white. That's the gig.

  Mark Strong

  Successful, Black And White, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm a people person when I'm out, but I'm a homebody. I like my time and peace and quiet.

  Kid Cudi

  People, Quiet, Homebodies

  "Complex's Kid Cudi Cover Story: The Uncut Interview Outtakes". Interview with Joe La Puma, www.complex.com. August 15, 2009.

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• I would rather be old for a shorter time than be old before my time.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Self, Age, Lifetime

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• Come near; I would, before my time to go,
  Sing of old Eire and the ancient ways:
  Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days.

  William Butler Yeats

  Rose, Proud, Red

  William Butler Yeats (2000). “The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats”, p.23, Wordsworth Editions

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• The world is full of educated derelicts.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• I hold my time with the Black Crowes with the utmost respect and sincerest appreciation. It is a huge swath of my life’s body of work. I couldn’t be more proud of what we accomplished and deeply moved by the relationships people created and maintained with my music. That alone is the greatest honor of being a musician.

  Rich Robinson

  Life, Music, Appreciation

  "Rich Robinson Announces The Black Crowes Have Broken Up". www.jambase.com. January 15, 2015.

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• There are many who would take my time. I shun them.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Satanism

  "The Devil's Notebook". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey, 1992.

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• I've known a whole lot of bulls in my time, and their work is never done.

  Robert Earl Keen

  Done, Bulls, Whole

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• I will never forget my time with Athletic Club and I'd like to thank the fans and staff for all their support and, above all, wish all my fantastic former team-mates all the best for the future.

  Ander Herrera

  Team, Support, Athletic

  "Luke Shaw passes medical at Manchester United for £30m move" by The Press Association, www.theguardian.com. June 26, 2014.

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• I am a huge sports fan and spend a lot of my time away from work watching sports, going to sporting events, stuff like that. So it is a big thrill to see these people who I have so much respect for and to find out that they're all really fun, super-nice people. It's very exciting.

  Will Forte

  Sports, Fun, Nice

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• For my generation the relationship with Europe was the central point of American foreign policy. Even during my time in government there was disagreement, sometimes very strong disagreement. But they were all like arguments within a family. I am not sure if the generation which doesn't have these experiences has the same view of things.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Strong, Europe, Government

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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