My Time Quotes - Page 38

• My nieces and my nephews think the only thing that I do is 'Ice Age.' That's fine with me because pretty soon they'll grow up enough to realize that I suck or that my time has passed, whichever it might be.

  Denis Leary

  Growing Up, Niece, Thinking

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• The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Giving, Lazy, Mind

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• The bracelet says 'Fear Nothing.' It was given to me by my friends, and it was made for me and my friends during the period of time that I was going through chemotherapy. And I still wear it, because it's a great reminder of friendship and how my buddies and others came together in my time of need.

  Joe Lhota

  Together, Needs, Chemotherapy

  "Joe Lhota: The Daily News Sitdown". Interview With Celeste Katz, www.nydailynews.com. January 18, 2013.

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• When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Time, Men

  Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume

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• There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.

  Vince Lombardi

  Football, Motivational Sports, Winning

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.20, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

  Jack London

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.

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• I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.

  Malcolm X

  Friendship, Believe, Men

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". Speech in New York City, www.imdb.com. December 12, 1964.

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• I spend a lot of my time talking to the dead, but since I get paid for it, no one thinks I'm mad.

  Hilary Mantel

  Thinking, Talking, Mad

  "Other voices". Interview with Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2005.

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• I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music.

  Ziggy Marley

  Play, House, Cuz

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

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• I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting money. A lot of older jazz guys looked out for me and found me gigs and places to stay.

  Wynton Marsalis

  New York, Guy, Gigs

  "A life in music: Wynton Marsalis". Interview with Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2009.

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• I've been accused of being old before my time more than once. It's true that I've always felt an affinity for, and been comfortable around, older people. I attribute this to a childhood spent around my grandparents - and even a great-grandparent or two. I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything.

  Jon Meacham

  Two, People, Grandparent

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• I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.

  Donella Meadows

  Trying, Topics, Procedures

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• In my relationship with God, I've learned that if I follow a 'formula' for how I spend my time with Him, then I'm just accomplishing a checklist of things I feel obligated to do to please Him. This makes my spiritual life more about doing what I need to do to fulfill an obligation than something meaningful.

  Joyce Meyer

  Meaningful, Spiritual, Needs

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• I've gotten tons of awards and I believe when it's my time to get a Grammy, I'll get a Grammy.

  Nicki Minaj

  Believe, Awards, Grammy

  "Nicki Minaj on Grammy Snub: 'I'll Get a Grammy Eventually'" by Josh Grossberg, www.eonline.com. January 31, 2013.

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• My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my time to die.

  Joni Mitchell

  Names, Matter, Gone

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• Most of my career has been in sales. I spend 50% or more of my time with customers and employees, and I can't wait for it to be more than 50%.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Careers, Waiting, Employee

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• I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.

  Elon Musk

  Inspirational, Engineering, Problem

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

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• As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Heart, Years, Stories

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• If I go into a restaurant there's a very good chance that I'm going to spend my time being the mayor. If I want to have a good time, I'm happier having dinner here.

  Jack Nicholson

  Want, Dinner, Chance

  "Jack Nicholson: 'I have a sweet spot for what's attractive to me'" by Dana Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. October 3, 2002.

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• 'A Fair Maiden' existed in notes and sketches for perhaps a year. When I traveled, I would take along with me my folder of notes - 'ideas for stories.' Eventually, I began to write it and wrote it fairly swiftly - in perhaps two months of fairly intense writing and rewriting. Most of my time writing is really re-writing.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Writing, Years, Ideas

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• The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.

  Yoko Ono

  Art, World, Kind

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• I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

  Thomas Paine

  Children, Trouble, World Peace Day

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• I am not one of the great journalists of my time.

  Jane Pauley

  Journalist

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• During my time as England captain I have always been both helpful and direct in my communications with the ECB.

  Kevin Pietersen

  Communication, Captains, England

  "Strauss steps into England hot seat as Pietersen resigns and Moores sacked" by Mikey Stafford, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 2009.

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• I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.

  Colin Powell

  Two, Issues, People

  "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. June 11, 2012.

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