Five Minutes Quotes - Page 6

• I handed the test in five minutes before the end of the day. Mrs. Baker took it calmly, then reached into her bottom drawer for an enormous red pen with a wide felt tip. "Stand here and we'll see how you've done," she said, which is sort of like a dentist handing you a mirror and saying, "Sit here and watch while I drill a hole in your tooth.

  Gary D. Schmidt

  Mirrors, The End Of The Day, Bakers

  Gary D. Schmidt (2009). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.60, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You have five minutes to call someone, anyone, I don't care who, and order me the finest blend of coffee that rat hole town has, and a dozen beers. If it's not sitting on this table..." a slender finger pointed furiously at the table in question,"... in one hour, you die" - Faith telling Jacob

  Lora Leigh

  Coffee, Beer, Order

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• I hate you! (Artemis) Oh, please don’t get my hopes up. You almost gave me a hard-on with that thought. At least tell me this time your hatred will last more than five minutes. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Hate, Hatred, Lasts

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• ...five minutes from now, when everything else had dropped away and I realized the full impact of what I’d done, I’d feel my heart breaking.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Heart, Impact, Done

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.316, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm asking you, I'm begging you, could you please shut your mouth for just five minutes?" You can imagine the reaction. They ended up in the basement.

  Markus Zusak

  Begging You, Asking, Mouths

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.72, RH Childrens Books

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• I can't watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust.

  Bill Hicks

  Funny, Humor, Revolutionary Ideas

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• A first kiss after five months means more than a first kiss after five minutes.

  Steve Kluger

  Mean, Kissing, First Kiss

  Steve Kluger (2009). “My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park”, p.268, Penguin

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• Even though I didn't notice it while it was happening, I got reminded in ninth grade of a few things I guess I should have known all along. 1. A first kiss after five months means more than a first kiss after five minutes. 2. Always remember what it was like to be six. 3. Never, ever stop believing in magic, no matter how old you get. Because if you keep looking long enough and don't give up, sooner or later you're going to find Mary Poppins. And if you're reall lucky, maybe even a purple balloon.

  Steve Kluger

  Giving Up, Believe, Don't Give Up

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• Josh had told me a long time ago that he had this theory that an entire relationship was based on what occurred over the course of the first five minutes you know each other. That everything that came after those first minutes was just details being filled in. Meaning: you already knew how deep the love was, how instinctually you felt about someone. What happened in their first five minutes? Time stopped.

  Laura Dave

  Filled In, Long, Details

  Laura Dave (2007). “London Is the Best City in America”, p.56, Penguin

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• They’re plotting against you. (Jaden) Who? (Jericho) Your best friends, fool, who do you think? The Easter Bunny or the assholes who brought you here? FYI, they’re planning to feed you to the gallu so that they can control your powers without your fighting them. If I were you, I’d be gone five minutes ago. (Jaden)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Easter, Fighting, Thinking

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• The confusion is not my invention. We cannot listen to a conversation for five minutes without being aware of the confusion. It is all around us and our only chance now is to let it in. The only chance of renovation is to open our eyes and see the mess. It is not a mess you can make sense of.

  Samuel Beckett

  Eye, Confusion, Chance

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• Who are you?" he asked. I am the future queen of this world, at the very least. You may refer to me as Mistress Koboi for the next five minutes. After that you may refer to me as Aaaaarrrrgh, hold your throat, die screaming, and so on.

  Eoin Colfer

  Queens, Mistress, World

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• I know what it's like to finish the laundry and to look in the basket five minutes later and it's full again. I know what it's like to pull all the groceries in, and see the teenagers run through, and all of a sudden, all of the groceries you just bought a few hours ago are gone.

  Ann Romney

  Running, Teenager, Looks

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• There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever.

  Kenny Rogers

  Country, Love You, Rocks

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• For a long time, it was like I was part of some special forces unit: I'd land, meet everyone, five minutes later I'd have to do some amazing work, then - boom! - I'm out again. You know, playing supporting parts takes courage.

  John C. Reilly

  Land, Long, Special

  "John C. Reilly: Confessions of a scene-stealer" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2010.

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• Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.

  Ronald Reagan

  Hero, Army, Brave

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.426, Simon and Schuster

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• My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Humor, Russia

  Remarks during radio microphone test, 11 Aug. 1984

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• I can never sit still for five minutes.

  Kevin Pietersen

  Minutes, Stills, Five

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2006.

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• If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them.

  Christopher Morley

  Love, Friendship, People

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• Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave.

  Alanis Morissette

  Peace, Mind, Minutes

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

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• Musically, New York is a big influence on me. Walk down the street for five minutes and you'll hear homeless punk rockers, people playing Caribbean music and reggae, sacred Islamic music and Latino music, so many different types of music.

  Moby

  New York, Islamic, People

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• I'm far too low maintenance to ever spend more than five minutes getting ready to go out.

  Sienna Miller

  Maintenance, Lows, Minutes

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• You don't run 26 miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secret recipe.

  Frank Shorter

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• A five minute call replaces the time it takes to read and reply to the original email and read and reply to their reply... or replies. And I no longer spend 20+ minutes crafting the perfect email - no need to.

  Simon Sinek

  Perfect, Email, Needs

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• His eyes were bright, and, indeed, he scarcely knew whether they held dreams or realities...and in five minutes she had filled the shell of the old dream with the flesh of life.

  Virginia Woolf

  Dream, Eye, Reality

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