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“All quiet along the Potomac they say Except now and then a stray picket Is shot as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket.”

War Walks Quiet Beats Shots Now And Then Thickets

Author:Ethel Lynn Beers

“Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So every now and then I make a point of sitting down and reading a couple of them.”

People Thinking Reading Novel Couple Sitting Down And Now And Then Adaptation Atonement Sitting Down

Author:Christopher Hampton

“I think I'm an actor. You can hire me. I can do a good job. But you also have to get lucky now and then. Every film-maker knows how hard it is to do a good film. You have to just make many, and see how lucky you get.”

Thinking Knows I Can Hard Jobs Film Actors Can Do Know How Lucky Makers Now And Then Good Job Good Films Lucky You

Author:Rutger Hauer

“I believe that science fiction is as profound as you want it to be or it can be very simple entertainment, and I'm all for very simple entertainment. Every now and then we all need to come home, veg-out, watch something and not think too deeply about it. It's what you want it to be. We tend to steer clear of being pedantic; it's entertainment first, otherwise we'd be on a lecture circuit.”

“I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to do it; I don't have a choice.”

Ifs Choices Picks Guitar Piano Now And Then

Author:Julian Cope

“I'm always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, 'I should write a cookbook' or, 'I should write for food magazines.' And then I get drawn back to writing fiction again.”

Thinking Should Writing Fiction Cooking Magazines Kitchen Now And Then Writing Fiction Cookbook

Author:Kiran Desai

“I maintain my inner beauty by trying to lead a balanced life in general. I try to eat healthy foods, but... that doesn't mean I won't treat myself now and then! I work out almost every day, which gives me more energy and helps me feel stronger. I also try to be a genuinely good person to the people around me.”

People Giving Feels Trying Mean Persons Helping Energy Healthy Treats Give Me Stronger Work Out Help Me Now And Then Balanced Inner Beauty Good Person Balanced Life Healthy Food

Author:Erica Durance

“Life has become serious for me, although I do like to party every now and then.”

Party Serious Now And Then

Author:Lita Ford

“We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit.”

People Mean Lines Powerful Pay Fronts Please Taste Limits Attraction Meat Now And Then Brushes Skip

Author:Jonathan Safran Foer

“I always think of a show like a plant - a little pruning now and then keeps it healthy, but you shouldn't pull it out and chop the roots up.”

Thinking Littles Shows Healthy Roots Plant Now And Then Pruning

Author:Len Goodman

“I got a story, ain't no moral, I let the bad guy win every now and then.”

Stories Guy Evil Winning Moral Now And Then Bad Guys

Author:Billy Preston

“Fiction is very greedy. It will take all you know and then some. The first novel I tried to write, I was struck by this - the appetite of the blank page for ever more information, ever more data. An empty book is a greedy thing. You are right: You wind up using everything you know, and often more than once.”

Knows Writing Firsts Book Fiction Novel Information Wind Pages Empty Data Appetite Now And Then Blank Greedy Blank Pages

Author:John Updike

“Sometimes I don't even pull my shoes off for six weeks at a time, except, you know, just to take a shower. I just take breaks between 24 hours a day, just a break now and then, it don't take me long to rest; maybe 20 to30 minutes sometime, or maybe an hour.”

Knows Long Sometimes Hours Break Week Minutes Six Shoes Take Me Now And Then Showers

Author:Howard Finster

“For three years between 16 and 19 I was the opening-act-for-the-opening-act-for-the-opening-act, you know? And then I was on tour with Ice-T, Stetsasonic, EPMD, Sir Mix-a-Lot--legends--and went on to sell 160 million records. It still baffles me.”

Knows Years Stills Three Millions Records Sells Opening Ice Legends Three Years Now And Then

Author:Vanilla Ice

“It is extraordinary how safe flying has become. You are now statistically more likely to be elected president of the United States in your lifetime than you are to die in a plane crash. What an amazing achievement as a society! But what we end up focusing on are the catastrophic failures that are incredibly rare but happen every now and then.”

Ends States Happens Dies President United United States Safe Achievement Lifetime Extraordinary Flying Planes Now And Then Crash Plane Crashes

Author:Steven Johnson

“Standing in the middle of nowhere, wondering how to begin. Lost between tomorrow and yesterday, between now and then.”

Philosophy Lost Wonder Middle Tomorrow Standing Yesterday Now And Then Middle Of Nowhere

Author:Ray Davies

“Few minds are sunlike, sources of light in themselves and to others: many more are moons that shine with a borrowed radiance. One may easily distinguish the two: the former are always full; the latter only now and then, when their suns are shining full upon them.”

Mind May Two Light Sun Source Moon Shining Former Latter Now And Then Borrowed Radiance

Book:Guesses at Truth

Source: Guesses at Truth

“Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses.”

Joy Wise Wise Words Red Tables Wine Rose Now And Then

Book:De Profundis

Source: De Profundis

“Between now and then, 'til I see you again, I'll be loving you.”

Romantic Now And Then Loving You You Again

Author:Collin Raye

“People try to challenge me in bars every now and then. As long as they're not physical I just walk away, but if they get physical then I just end up in a fight.”

People Ifs Trying Long Ends Fighting Challenges Walks Bars Now And Then

Author:Johnny Knoxville