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“Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of the books he published.”

Book Courses Father Chance Drawing France

Author:Dick Bruna

“Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.”

Different Involved Occasions Frightened Frightening Elevators Mime

Author:Brandon Sanderson

Source: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

“Now, I happen to be an optimist.”

Happens Optimist

Author:Ronald Reagan

“Now, I have a Halloween mask I think you might get a kick out of. That's scary.”

Thinking Might Scary Kicks Mask Halloween

Author:Jay Leno

“Now, I have about twenty per hand and can change the number of delays, change different parameters, the delays to the modulations and so forth. I developed the EIS over the time period that I was just talking about [1991].”

Different Hands Numbers Talking Periods Twenties Delay Parameters Time Periods

Author:Pauline Oliveros

“Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me”

Kind Has Beens Bigs Three Offers Directors Appreciate Pressure Scary Scar Approval

Author:Cuba Gooding, Jr.

“Now, I have no doubt that Mitt Romney was worried about pink slips whether he was going to have enough of them to hand out because his company Bain Capital and all of the jobs that they killed I'm sure he was worried he would run out of pink slips.”

“Now, I have nothing against the public school system as it is presently organized, once you allow the humor of its basic assumption about how it is possible to teach things to children.”

Children School Teach Assumption Organized Public School School System

Author:Shirley Jackson

“Now, I have nothing to say against uncles in general. They are usually very excellent people, and very convenient to little boys and girls.”

People Littles Girl Boys Excellent Uncles Aunt Convenient Little Boys Boy And Girl Aunts And Uncles

Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

“Now, I have the opportunity to catch more balls and I relish the opportunity, ... Its something Ive always wanted. I think I needed a change. It was like Groundhog Day, doing the same thing over and over again. What better place could I be than to come to New York and try to put everybody to the side and say, This is who I am.”

Thinking Trying Wanted Opportunity Sides New York Needed Balls Who I Am Better Place Relish Groundhog Day Groundhogs

Author:Plaxico Burress

“Now, I just made an animated movie a few years ago, 'The Tale of Desperaux', and that had twelve hundred shots in it. Twelve hundred CG shots is a pretty big plan.”

Years Made Bigs Plans Hundred Shots Years Ago Tales Twelve Animated Animated Movies

Author:Gary Ross

“Now, I know among the politically correct, you're not supposed to use facts that are uncomfortable.”

Knows Facts Use Uncomfortable Politically Correct

Author:Newt Gingrich

“Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up. And if you don't watch out, you wind up telling lies to cover up the lies that are covering up the original lie.”

Ifs Knows Lying Watches Trouble Wind Originals Covering Cover Ups Telling Lies

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

“Now, I know it’s hard, particularly for our young people, to choose to observe the Sabbath day when athletic teams on which they so much want to participate regularly schedule games on Sunday. I too know it seems trivial to many who are in need of just a few items on the Sabbath to quickly stop at a convenience store to make a Sunday purchase. But I also know that remembering to keep the Sabbath day holy is one of the most important commandments we can observe in preparing us to be the recipients of the whisperings of the Spirit”

People Knows Want Needs Important Hard Seems Remember Young Spirit Games Team Holy Stores Sunday Commandments Schedules Preparing Items Athletic Convenience Whispering Sabbath Sabbath Day

Author:H. David Burton

“Now, I know Obama was trying to take the long view, but talking about solar energy in the middle of the oil spill is like watching your house engulfed in flames and saying, 'We really should change the curtains.'”

Knows Should Trying Long House Energy Views Talking Middle Oil Flames Curtains Spills Solar Energy Oil Spill

Author:Craig Ferguson

“Now, I know that he's taken some flak lately, but no one is prouder to put this birth certificate to rest than The Donald. Now he can get to focusing on the issues that matter. Like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?”

Knows Matter Political Issues Taken Happened Birth Moon Fake Get Back Landing Certificates Birth Certificate Moon Landing Biggie

Author:Barack Obama

“Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I think a better view is the view of Noel Pearson, who has said that Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country’s British Heritage.”

People Thinking Knows Said Country Views Remains British Celebrate Australia Heritage Invasion Aboriginal Noel Australia Day

Author:Tony Abbott

“Now, I know there are many Americans who say, 'Get out of Afghanistan. Bring 'em all home.' And there are others who say, 'Put in hundreds of thousands of more.'”

Knows Home Ems Afghanistan

Author:Hillary Clinton

“Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.”

Knows Wells Littles Done Games Bits Sports Five Minutes Little Bit Baseball Expected Classic Kicks Chairs Tape Nelson Baseball Games Rocking Chairs

Author:Dan Rather

“Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization.”

Feels Two Enough Government Three Talking Trust Industry Organization Thirds Unions Spending Don't Trust Soon Enough

Author:Shimon Peres

“Now, I like a church service, but this was one of those write-your-own-vows sorts of things. Neither of them had ever picked up a pen in their life, but all of a sudden they’re poets, right, like that’s all it takes — being in love.”

Poet Being In Love

Author:David Sedaris

“Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.”

Knows Giving Looks Able Left Basketball

Author:Jim Valvano

“Now, I love men, but I don't need to always be talking about them.”

Men Needs Talking

Author:Sandra Bullock

“Now, I love playing moms who can't hide their paranoia.”

Mom Paranoia

Author:Wendi McLendon-Covey

“Now, I meant to talk about something else earlier on, and I've forgotten what it was. I've remembered what it is again, but I've also forgotten. And that's really what adult life is like most of the time.”

Humor Funny Life Is Adults Forgotten Remembered Life Is Like

Author:Dylan Moran

“Now, I only play very occasionally, and in fact, more piano than clarinet or sax.”

Play Facts Piano Clarinet

Author:Alan Greenspan

“Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations.”

Inspirational Young Communication Return Expectations Fellows Great Expectations Great Expectations Important

Author:Charles Dickens

“Now, I saw, upon a time, when he was walking in the fields, that he was, as he was wont, reading in his book, and greatly distressed in his mind; and, as he read, he burst out, as he had done before, crying, What shall I do to be saved?”

Mind Book Done Time Reading Saws Cry Fields Walking Saved

Author:John Bunyan

Source: The Pilgrim’s Progress Simplified: Includes Modern Translation, Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index

“Now, I simply won’t let my friends, the people who trusted me, be bothered and badgered about”

People My Friends Trusted Bothered

Author:Gerald Gardner

“Now, I stand alone on this rock, fighting the errors of this world, and establish the science of life by my works. What is my mode of warfare? With the axe of truth I strike at the root of every tree of error and hew it down, so that there shall not be one error in man showing itself in the form of disease.”

Men World Form Fighting Tree Rocks This World Health Disease Roots Errors Strikes Warfare Stand Alone I Stand Alone

Author:Phineas Quimby

Source: The Quimby Manuscripts

“Now, I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books... Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the laws on my own... Believe me, the idea of doing things on my own is very tempting. I promise you. Not just on immigration reform. But that's not how - that's not how our system works. That's not how our democracy functions. Thats not how our Constitution is written.”

“Now, I talk to athletes who answer questions with a 'yeah'. I realize I used to do that. Or they answer very quickly and you stand there trying to come up with another question to ask. I've seen both sides and it's been very educational.”

Trying Used Asks Sides Realizing Answers Yeah Athlete Come Up Educational Both Sides

Author:Evelyn Ashford

“Now, I think a lot of people look around and feel that we're relatively equal with men. In fact, women are now the majority of college graduates, we have role models like Hillary Clinton to look up to - it seems like the world is completely open to us and we can accomplish anything. I think feminists are often disdained today because we're seen as complaining about a problem people think no longer exists. I also think young women shy away from calling themselves feminists because many haven't been educated about it or exposed to it. They don't know enough about it to identify with it.”

People Thinking Men World Enough Problem Today College Equal Clinton Feminist Accomplish Complaining Educated Look Up Shy Role Models Graduates Young Women College Graduates

Author:Julie Zeilinger

“Now, I think of my writing as having two foundations: entertainment and meaning. The meaning portion is really me trying to answer my questions. The entertainment aspect of it is how I make a story that can make people turn the pages.”

People Thinking Writing Trying Two Stories Turns Answers Pages Aspect Foundation Entertainment Portions

Author:Karan Bajaj

“Now, I think our prophet today is telling all of us, in this day and time, to go and bring in those people who are out on the plains. Each worthy young man should go on a mission. And each one of us, though we may not be called to active missionary service, can be on a mission and be involved in a cause that is greater than we are, the greatest cause of all in the world: the salvation of each of our Father's children.”

“Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So now, he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man.”

Thinking Knows Men Should Children Would Be Together Political Asks Politics Grows Known Growing Up Too Much Magic Should Have Our Children Legends Be A Man Should Have Known

Author:Jackie Kennedy

“Now, I think the people who are still doing stand-up are doing it because they love stand-up.”

People Thinking Stills

Author:Wanda Sykes

“Now, I try not to read gossip as a rule. But the other day, a website ran an article with a picture of me wearing sweatpants on the way to the gym. And the writer asked, 'Why does this petite beauty insist on dressing like a massive man?' Because I like to be comfortable.”

Men Way Trying Doe Comfortable Ran Massive Gossip Gym Articles Dressings Website Petite Sweatpants

Author:Ellen Page

“Now, I want to explain something to you guys. I don't have an ending joke, because I don't tell jokes. I tell real-life stories and make them funny. So, I'm not like the average comedian. They have an ending joke; they always holler Peace! I'm out of here, and walk off stage. So, basically, when I get through performing on stage, I just walk off.”

Want Real Stories Guy Walks Stage Jokes Average Real Life Comedian Performing Life Story Performing On Stage

Author:Bruce Bruce

“Now, I was a fan of the simple pleasures in life: grilled cheese sandwiches without black flecks on the crust, jeans that didn't pinch the better parts of me, an inch of vodka, ten to twelve hours of sleep. - Cole St Clair, Forever.”

Black Hours Sleep Simple Pleasure Forever Fans Ten Twelve Inches Cheese Jeans Sandwiches Vodka Simple Pleasures Grilled Cheese Cheese Sandwiches Cole St Clair

Author:Maggie Stiefvater

Source: Forever

“Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.”

Whole Helping Problem Drug Blame Hated

Author:Waylon Jennings

“Now, I went into the Army as a Republican, I came out as a Democrat, and it completely changed my outlook on a lot of things. And when you live side by side with your fellow soldiers and you realize that they're not a number, that they're actually human beings and they have families, it's a lot harder, I think, to talk about sending them to die for things that aren't really that important.”

Thinking Important Realizing Changed Republican Army Democrat Soldier

Author:Markos Moulitsas

“Now, I will say, most American companies - most are run by honorable patriotic people who care about their employees and communities. But there are still too many powerful interests fighting to protect their own profits and privileges at the expense of everyone else.”

People Stills Care Running Fighting Interest Community Powerful Company Protect Privilege Profit Employee Patriotic Expenses Honorable Who Cares

Author:Hillary Clinton

“Now, I worry a bit about the TEDification of the world where style trumps substance, so hopefully you have a good blend of both!”

World Bits Worry Style Trump Hopefully Substance

Author:Scott D. Anthony

“Now, I'll tell you something that might interest you. Casino Royale was the first Bond book that Ian Fleming ever wrote. And he couldn't get anybody to touch it, to publish it - he couldn't do anything about it at all. Nobody wanted to know.”

Knows Firsts Book Might Wanted Interest Publish Casinos Casino Royale

Author:Val Guest

“Now, I'm a dad, I'm an adult. I've been solo for 25 years; I've been in other people's groups but I'm solo [in a broader sense]. I stopped comparing myself to other people's maps when I was maybe 24, really. The trajectory that I've gone on is not one that I can compare with anybody else.”

People Years I Can Gone Groups Dad Adults Compare Maps Solo Trajectory

Author:Johnny Marr

“Now, I'm a mixer. I can't help it. It's my nature. I like men. I like the taste of their boots, the smell of their legs, and the sound of their voices. It may be weak of me, but a man has only to speak to me, and a sort of thrill goes down my spine and sets my tail wagging.”

Men May I Can Helping Speak Fun Sound Voice Dog Taste Weak Shoes Legs Smell Tails Thrill Spine

Author:P. G. Wodehouse

“Now, I'm an atheist. I really don't believe for a moment that our moral sense comes from a god.”

Believe Moments Moral Don't Believe Atheist

Author:Ian Mcewan

“Now, I'm as appreciative as the next obsessive-compulsive recovering-academic of the vast riches of material becoming available online, thanks to all those Google scanners crouched in the basements of libraries around the world, madly feeding books through their machines. I download obscure tomes onto my iPad and give thanks to the dual gods Gates and Jobs, singing hymns to all the lesser pantheon of geniuses. But there's nothing like a book.”

“Now, I'm for interracial marriage. I'm for same-sex marriage. I'm the one that introduced the bill to have same-sex marriage. I don't care who marry who. If a man meet a little mule and he wanna get married to the little mule, as long as he and the little mule get along all right, that's fine with me. It doesn't bother me any kind of way.”

Ifs Men Way Kind Littles Long Care Sex Fine Married Bills Don't Care I Don't Care Bother Obnoxious Mules Interracial Marriage

Author:Alvin Holmes

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