Period Quotes
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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
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I went through a period when I did military roles and played basically someone who was unfit for military service.
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I am proud to find, from two astronomical observations, that Chapel Hill lies right in the orbit of Jupiter and his satellites, and that the period of his revolution is about twelve years.
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Record companies are not unique. Artists are. Period!
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I went through a period of not watching fiction.
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I'm such a history-nerd that, with time for research, I could probably enjoy writing in just about any time period.
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We benefited from an enlightened post-war period in the United States: Our National Institutes of Health have enthusiastically and generously supported basic research.
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Look at Austen. In her novels, you get a dance, followed by an encounter, followed by a letter, then a period of solitude. No flashbacks and no backstory. Let's have no more back story!
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Outwardly I am 83, but inwardly I am every age, with the emotions and experience of each period.
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I don't teach anymore, but I can still clearly see fifth period after lunch - that's a real tough time to teach. And I tried to imagine writing a story that would appeal to those kids - even when they're tired, even when they're bouncing off the walls.
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We want to find a permanent solution to the DACA population, not a continual three-year renewal period.
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I sometimes lie awake at night and try to imagine what would be the best period in history to spend one's seventy-odd years.
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I try to play the same way, play the same way over a longer period of time.
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Deny people something they want, over a longish period, and they naturally start disagreeing about precisely what it is they do want.
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I'm an ER doctor, period. I look at a problem with a certain lens: very action-oriented, very results-oriented.
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Wonder was the grace of the country. Any action could be justified by that: the wonder it was rooted in. Period followed period, and finally the wonder was that things could be built so big. Bridges, skyscrapers, fortunes, all having a life first in the marketplace, still drew on the force of wonder.
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I love 19th-century Russian literature, the avant garde, the Soviet period.
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No single person who has ever lived will be able to tell you what happens. Period. Nobody's right and nobody's wrong.
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I never took the fame too seriously. It was a great period in my life, but it doesn't define me.
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The cultural products of America from this period [ fifties and sixties] are like a vision of paradise or something. I find it utterly intoxicating.
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In some environments, roles shift and change each period depending on what the company's needs are. On the other hand, many functional roles can become very repetitive if you perform similar tasks over and over again.
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I think they ought to be treated equally. Period.
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Usually, ordinary histories don't get the emotional feel of a period. That's what a novel can do.
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I mostly play old period songs, as they suit a ukulele more. I bought it when I saw the tribute concert to George Harrison. Joe Brown came on and sang 'I'll See You In My Dreams,' and there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
