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• And getting married this autumn was certainly an additional incentive to spend rather more time in England.

  Jill Dando

  Autumn, Incentives, England

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• We cannot educate white women and take them by the hand. Most of us are willing to help but we can't do the white woman's homework for her. That's an energy drain. More times than she cares to remember, Nellie Wong, Asian American feminist writer, has been called by white women wanting a list of Asian American women who can give readings or workshops. We are in danger of being reduced to purvey­ors of resource lists.

  Gloria E. Anzaldúa

  Reading, Hands, White

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• You mean the fact that Tom Arnold would spend more time with the hair and makeup people than I would?

  Lisa Guerrero

  Mean, Makeup, Hair

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• He looked at her. 'In order to finish, I'll have to have defeated six Infected, Dusk, and Vengeous himself.' Yeah. So?' The Infected I can manage.' She frowned. 'And Vengeous? I mean, you can beat him, right?' Well,' he said, "I can certainly try. And trying is half the battle.' What's the other half?' He shrugged. 'Hitting him more times than he hits me.

  Derek Landy

  Mean, Order, Battle

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• I don't know how many more times I'll be in New England again. But I leave coach Belichick and those guys with a salute: 'I love you guys. I miss you. I'm out.'

  Randy Moss

  I Love You, Guy, Missing

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• The key to having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to get there, both of which should be used together: (1) Define a short to-do list and (2) define a not-to-do list.

  Tim Ferriss

  Keys, Two, Together

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• The thing I miss about L.A. is time. I feel like I had much more time there, partly because no one is ever really doing anything.

  Emily Mortimer

  Missing, Feels

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• Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it.

  Alanis Morissette

  Couple, Years, My Boyfriend

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• Eating smart is all about having an awareness of your body. The most obvious way to do that is by seeing it. So when you're trying to lose weight, spend more time wearing less. I don't think I could eat a plate of nachos naked could you?

  Marisa Miller

  Smart, Thinking, Trying

  "Swimsuit Model Marisa Miller ShareMarisa Miller: The Secret to Living a Sexier Lifes Her Secret to Staying in Shape: Eat Naked!". Interview with Caroline Schaefer, www.womenshealthmag.com. December 15, 2011.

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• I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

  Nelson Mandela

  Rest In Peace, Children, Wife

  "Nelson Mandela: U.S Is A Threat To World Peace". Interview with Tom Masland, www.newsweek.com. September 9, 2002.

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• Television provides the opportunity for an ongoing story - the opportunity to meld the cast and the characters and a world, and to spend more time there.

  David Lynch

  Character, Opportunity, Stories

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• More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.

  Dan Lipinski

  Senior, Long, Drug

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• I spend much more time looking at art history and at different references to art than I do at actual objects.

  Jeff Koons

  Art, Different, Objects

  Interview with David Colman, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 23, 2008.

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• There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.

  Elon Musk

  Inspirational, Party, Kids

  "Elon Musk's mission to Mars". Interview with Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2013.

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• I've been acting all along. I understand that I haven't been in people's viewers, but acting has never not been a part of my life, just more time in between and less high-profile.

  Debra Winger

  People, Acting, Profile

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• When digital culture first came along, it was supposed to create more time, by allowing us to shift time around. Somehow instead we've strapped devices to ourselves that ping us all the time.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Culture, Digital, Firsts

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• I should have kissed more than your hand...thought I'd have more time," he whispered between liquid, panting breaths. "...too late now." I looked into his eyes and completely forgot the rest of the world. In that moment, all I knew was that I was holding Stark in my arms, and I was going to lose him very, very soon.

  P. C. Cast

  Eye, Hands, Should Have

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• Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Men, No Friends, Want

  Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.87, eKitap Projesi

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• It's just that none of us had the wit or talent to make them into songs. We made them into life, which much messier, and more time consuming, and leaves nothing for anybody to whistle.

  Nick Hornby

  Song, Talent, Made

  Nick Hornby (1996). “High Fidelity”, p.143, Penguin

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• It’s harder to talk about, but what I really, really, really want for Christmas is just this: I want to be 5 years old again for an hour. I want to laugh a lot and cry a lot. I want to be picked or rocked to sleep in someone’s arms, and carried up to be just one more time. I know what I really want for Christmas: I want my childhood back. People who think good thoughts give good gifts.

  Robert Fulghum

  Sleep, Thinking, Years

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• I spilled more times than a glass of milk on a roller coaster.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Glasses, Milk, Roller Coaster

  Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Uglies”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• She didn't care anymore... and she got no pleasure from the work she did, but she did it. Everything bored her. She found that when she didn't have a notebook it was hard for her to think. The thoughts came slowly, as though they had to squeeze through a tiny door to get to her, whereas when she wrote, they flowed out faster than she could put them down. She sat very stupidly with a blank mind until finall 'I feel different' came slowly to her mind. Yes, she thought, after a long pause. And then, after more time, 'Mean, I feel mean.

  Louise Fitzhugh

  Notebook, Mean, Thinking

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• Mamoru, please say it once more. -Usagi Again? But I've said it 50 times! -Mamoru Please? One more time? -Usagi Okay, for the last time. Marry me, Usagi. -Mamoru

  Naoko Takeuchi

  Lasts, Marry Me, Said

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• How little we know of what there is to know. I wish that I were going to live a long time instead of going to die today because I have learned much about life in these four days; more, I think than in all other time. I'd like to be an old man to really know. I wonder if you keep on learning or if there is only a certain amount each man can understand. I thought I knew so many things that I know nothing of. I wish there was more time.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Men, Thinking, Long

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• I watch a lot of TV. That's how I spend most of my time outside of work. If I had more time, I would fill it 100 percent with watching TV.

  Luis von Ahn

  Watching Tv, Watches, Tvs

  "Profile: Luis von Ahn". Interview with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, www.pbs.org. June 30, 2009.

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