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“Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along.”

Jobs Five Seconds

Author:Paul Bettany

“The countdown reached ten seconds and I could almost hear an invisible crescendo of stirring background music. 'Anchors aweigh!' Five, four, three, two, one... and we had ignition!”

Two Three Five Four Ten Invisible Backgrounds Seconds Anchors Stirring Crescendo Background Music Countdown

Author:Gene Cernan

“My mother says I'm like a disease that can walk into a room and get it infected. I can destroy things in seconds.”

I Can Mother Walks Rooms Disease Seconds

Author:Georgina Chapman

“In editing, it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding a shot by five seconds can just ruin the tension.”

Five Cutting Creating Shots Ruins Tension Seconds You Choose Editing Expanding

Author:Sean Durkin

“One of the simplest ways to get an idea of one trillion dollars is to consider the amount in terms of the passage of time. One million seconds is equal to roughly eleven days and twelve hours, and one billion seconds is thirty-two years. One trillion seconds equals thirty-two thousand years.”

Way Years Two Ideas Term Hours Millions Amount Thousand Equal Dollars Billions Thirty Two Years Seconds Passages Twelve Thousand Years Simplest Eleven Passage Of Time Year One

Author:Geoff Davis

“If someone grabbed me, I'd probably be able to choke them out in about eight seconds.”

Ifs Able Eight Seconds Choke

Author:Jeffrey Donovan

“Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.”

Matter Today Song Five Happened Minutes News Music Is Seconds Relevant Five Minutes 1960s

Author:Daniel Ek

“You can go to the Internet and know more than your mom in two seconds. It's crazy how fast teenagers have knowledge and information these days. So, I think it's harder to say, 'Your father and I know more than you.”

Thinking Knows Two Father Crazy Information Mom Internet Harder Teenager These Days Seconds Your Mom Knowledge And Information

Author:Katie Finneran

“Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.”

People Children Young Literature Nine Seconds

Author:Kate Adie

“I was an open, smiley and gregarious child. I could make friends in 30 seconds wherever I went.”

Children Seconds Gregarious Smiley

Author:America Ferrera

“The founders of Snapchat last year turned down a $3 billion offer from Facebook and a $4 billion offer from Google. It was a surprising show of integrity from the guys who invented the app that lets you look at pictures of boobs for five seconds.”

Years Looks Shows Lasts Guy Technology Five Integrity Offers Billions Seconds Surprising Last Year Founders Google Apps Turned Down Snapchat

Author:Cecily Strong

“Cause somewhere in the Quizling Clinic, there's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes.”

Causes Minutes Seconds Clinic Shorthand

Author:Elvis Costello

“Orville Wright said to his brother, "Wilbur, you were only in the air for 12 seconds. How could my luggage be in Cleveland?"”

Said Funny Air Brother Travel Seconds Cleveland Luggage

Author:Red Buttons

“In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot - not in anybody else's, not in anybody else's in the world.”

World Want Hands Lasts Games Basketball Shots Balls Seconds Closing

Author:Larry Bird

“I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.”

Ifs Two Who I Am If I Could Seconds Love Of My Life Beyonce I Love My Life

Author:Dakota Fanning

“Let's say music is needed for only 43 seconds of film. You have to score it so it is an entity, so it won't bother anyone when it ends so quickly. Or if a song runs 2 minutes and 45 seconds, but the titles run a minute longer, you have to arrange that song so it doesn't get repetitious.”

Ifs Ends Running Film Song Minutes Needed Music Is Titles Bother Score Seconds Entity

Author:Marvin Hamlisch

“I always admire people who do commercials because they have to put together a beginning, a middle, and an end in 30 seconds.”

People Ends Together Middle Admire Seconds

Author:Tony Hale