My Time Quotes - Page 36

• What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.

  Roland Barthes

  Sarcastic, Time, Truth

  Roland Barthes (1973). “Mythologies”

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• The greatest of all the Sioux in my time, or in any time for that matter, was that wonderful old fighting man, Sitting Bull, whose life will some day be written by a historian who can really give him his due.

  Buffalo Bill

  Fighting, Men, Giving

  Buffalo Bill, W. F. Cody (2012). “Buffalo Bill's Life Story: An Autobiography”, p.172, Courier Corporation

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• I began to think that my time had come, as the saying is.

  Buffalo Bill

  Thinking

  "The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography".

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• I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.

  Mary J. Blige

  People, Giving, Trying

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• I want to find something really wonderful to do next and take my time to search through the dearth of great material, especially for women.

  Emily Blunt

  Want, Next, Wonderful

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  A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

  Usain Bolt

  Motivational Sports, People, Legends

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time, and some not-bad albums, and some really good albums. I'm proud of what I've done. In fact it's been a good ride.

  David Bowie

  Real, Thinking, Two

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

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• I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.

  Garth Brooks

  Trying, Retail, Combat

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• I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie - the networks just wouldn't spend the money today.

  Carol Burnett

  Stars, Two, Dancer

  "Comedian Carol Burnett dishes". Interview with Kate Fillion, www.macleans.ca. May 11, 2010.

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• The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.

  Barbara Bush

  Blue, Mind, Waste

  TIME magazine, August 24, 1992.

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• I had friends but I was spending a great deal of my time alone and for me that was vital because there's an awful lot you learn about yourself when you're alone.

  Kate Bush

  Awful, Spending, Alone Time

  "In konversation with Kate Bush". Interview with Brendan Martin, RTE Guide, www.brendan.co.uk. April 7, 1978.

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• My time at Shell was a most valuable experience because it taught me to look at the world in a long-term way. Shell takes a 20-year view on events and plans for different scenarios. It makes you see the world as a kind of large matrix.

  Vince Cable

  Views, Years, Long

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• I'm taking my time. I feel much more confident, and every day I feel like I'm getting better.

  Miguel Cabrera

  Get Better, Feels

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• Conscious of not being able to separate myself from my time, I have decided to become part of it.

  Albert Camus

  Able, Conscious, Decided

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• Tattooing is my social life, too, so most of my time is taken up with that. People like Henry Lewis, Mike Davis at Everlasting Tattoo.

  Margaret Cho

  Tattoo, Taken, People

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• I'm a natural piano player. So all the practicing I do at this point is in my head. If I don't play for a year, my chops aren't going to get any worse. I've spent my time playing scales, and I don't necessarily want to play any faster than I play. So everything I do at this point is more philosophical.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Philosophical, Player, Years

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• In high school I spent most of my time in jeans and T-shirts or Juicy sweats. We're such a laid-back town. I mean, people wore bikinis under their clothes half the time, so you didn't really get dressed up to go to school.

  Lauren Conrad

  School, Mean, Jeans

  "Lauren Conrad" by Dan Today, www.seventeen.com. September 29, 2007.

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• I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse.

  Kevin Costner

  Horse, Santa Barbara, Splits

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• I definitely rediscovered reading for pleasure by devoting such a large swath of my time to sitting on airplanes. I am now painfully adept at removing my shoes so as to have the least amount of foot surface area touching an airport floor.

  Sloane Crosley

  Reading, Airplane, Airports

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• I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Different, Roles, Want

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• Technically, I split my time between N.Y.C. and Boston.

  Junot Diaz

  Boston, Splits

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• I spent all my time on my movies worried that people were eating and that the schedule was being kept, so to have experts in those areas giving me the brain space as a writer and director is huge.

  Lena Dunham

  Space, People, Giving

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• I went to Saudi Arabia in 2010, and spent most of my time in Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City.

  Dave Eggers

  Kings, Cities, Arabia

  "Dave Eggers: 'We tend to look everywhere but the mirror' - interview". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2013.

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• I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs.

  Omar Epps

  Careers, Legs, Saying No

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• You still have that competitive thing where you want to try to make hits. That won't go away, unless the mayor of show business says my time's up.

  Will Ferrell

  Going Away, Trying, Want

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