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• I really need to know where I'm going with fiction to write it in a way that at least I'm happy with. And I really think that a lot of fiction books end badly because terrific writers said, "I'll just figure it out" and plunge in, but have created so many problems that they are kind of impossible to solve. I mean, I'm talking really good writers do this and you can tell when they got to the end they either had to do something preposterous or they just don't really resolve things. So for fiction I spend a lot more time outlining and for humor I really don't do much of it.

  Dave Barry

  Book, Writing, Mean

  Source: www.writersdigest.com

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• I find that many entrepreneurs are trying to do everything when it would be cheaper and more time-efficient to delegate, even if there are monetary costs associated with that.

  James Altucher

  Entrepreneur, Trying, Would Be

  "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Mediocre People" by James Altucher, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 4, 2012.

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• Spend more time building your character than trying to build your platform.

  Christine Caine

  Character, Trying, Building

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• I never neglected my daughters - quite the opposite - but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.

  Bernie Ecclestone

  Daughter, Should Have, Opposites

  Source: autoweek.com

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• Drawing is more fun to me than writing. I think it's interesting to talk to different cartoonists about how those activities work for them. I'm a very writerly cartoonist. I certainly spend more time on the writing than I do on the drawing, even though the drawing, of course, is very time-consuming.

  Alison Bechdel

  Fun, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• I spent more time talking with this president [Donald Trump] in the last few days, I think, than I probably talked with this last president [Barack Obama] in the last six months. So this is something that he is working very closely hand in glove with congress.

  Paul Ryan

  Thinking, Hands, Talking

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.

  Iris Apfel

  Events, Getting Dressed

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• I spend more time in the kitchen than I have in the dining room, for obvious reasons, however, I just want to sit and indulge.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Kitchen, Dining, Want

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• The great thing was that as soon as Aidan and I met we clicked, we instantly knew we were going to get along and the more time we spend together, the more we’ve developed a brotherly bond that’s helped us figure out the dynamic of our characters.

  Dean O'Gorman

  Character, Together, Figures

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• I even believe [Donald Trump] won a little after - after the election rethinking, I think if we'd spent a little more time in Minnesota, we would've won Minnesota.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Believe, Thinking, Minnesota

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• The black masses want not to be shrunk from as though they are plague-ridden. They want not to be walled up in slums, in the ghettos, like animals. They want to live in an open, free society where they can walk with their heads up, like men, and women! Few white people realize that many black people today dislike and avoid spending more time than they must about white people. This 'integration' image, as it is popularly interpreted, has millions of vain, self-exalted white people convinced that black people want to sleep in bed with them - and that's a lie!

  Malcolm X

  Lying, Sleep, Ghetto

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• Questions are far more effective than defensive statements. They do not imply agreement, but they do convey interest and a desire to understand and facilitate an environment for peak performance, a central thread of effective leadership.... The next time someone accuses you of virtually anything, ask some questions. Resolving the situation may take more time, but the outcome will likely be more productive for both of you.

  Stephen Young

  Agreement, Desire, May

  Stephen Young (2006). “Micromessaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words: Why Leadership is Great Beyond Words”, p.17, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Et une fois de plus je m'avan c° ais le long de ces me"  mes couloirs, marchant depuis des jours, depuis des mois, depuis des anne  es, a'   votre rencontre. And one more time, I advanced along these same hallways, walking for days, for months, for years, to meet you.

  Alain Robbe-Grillet

  Years, Long, Months

  1961 L'Anne e dernie're a' Marienbad.

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• I honestly believe that sound commercialism is the best test of true value in art. People work hard for their money and if they won't part with it for your product the chances are that your product hasn't sufficient value. An artist or writer hasn't any monopoly .... If the public response to his artistry is lacking, he'd do well to spend more time analyzing what's the matter with his work, and less time figuring what's the matter with the public.

  Berton Braley

  Art, Believe, Hard Work

  Berton Braley (1934). “Pegasus Pulls a Hack: Memoirs of a Modern Minstrel”

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• 'The English Patient' was a huge turning point in my career and my life; it became this huge thing. But the whole Oscar build-up got completely out of control; I spent more time talking about that film than I spent making it!

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  Talking, Careers, Oscars

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• I spend a lot more time than any person should have to talking with lawyers and thinking about intellectual property issues.

  Linus Torvalds

  Thinking, Should Have, Issues

  "Leader of the Free World" by Gary Rivlin, www.wired.com. November 01, 2003.

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• You sometimes speak of gravity as essential and inherent to matter. Pray do not ascribe that notion to me, for the cause of gravity is what I do not pretend to know, and therefore would take more time to consider of it.

  Isaac Newton

  Knowledge, Science, Matter

  Sir Isaac Newton (2014). “Newton: Philosophical Writings”, p.126, Cambridge University Press

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• The average American expends more time becoming informed about choosing a car than choosing a candidate. But, then, the consequences of the former choice are immediate and discernible.

  George Will

  Average, Car, Choices

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• I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.

  Lucinda Williams

  My Boyfriend, Broke Up, Spending

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• Grief is like a moving river, so that's what I mean by it's always changing. It's a strange thing to say because I'm at heart an optimistic person, but I would say in some ways it just gets worse. It's just that the more time that passes, the more you miss someone.

  Michelle Williams

  Missing Someone, Grief, Moving

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• Everybody has an opportunity to play a role, a playmaking role, so it makes it harder to coach. It takes a little more time.

  Phil Jackson

  Opportunity, Play, Roles

  "Phil Jackson Q&A: 'Jesus could probably coach' Lakers". Interview with Sam Amick, www.usatoday.com. March 2, 2014.

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• A woman with an education may be able to spend more time sitting in a chair instead of lying on her back. A sound advantage, I should think.

  Anne Bishop

  Lying, Thinking, Sound

  Anne Bishop (1998). “Daughter of the Blood: The Black Jewels Trilogy”, p.75, Penguin

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• How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety?" he asked. He waited a few minutes, but the three of us didn't say anything. He continued: "Every time people come at us with the intention of killing us, I close my eyes and wait for death. Even though I am still alive, I feel like each time I accept death, part of me dies. Very soon I will completely die and all that will be left is my empty body walking with you. It will be quieter than I am.

  Ishmael Beah

  Eye, People, Safety

  Ishmael Beah (2007). “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier”, p.70, Macmillan

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• Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress. When you're pissed off at someone and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time and they almost always will impress you.

  Randy Pausch

  Inspiring, Compassion, Long

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• A beautiful and binding morning The world outside begins to breathe See clouds arriving without warning I need you here to shelter me. If I could make these moments endless If I could stop the winds of change If we just keep our eyes wide open Then everything would stay the same And I know that only time will tell me how We'll carry on without each other So keep me awake for every moment Give us more time to be this way We can't stay like this forever But I can have you next to me today

  Josh Groban

  Beautiful, Morning, Eye

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