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VisiCalc took 20 hours of work per week for some people and turned it out in 15 minutes and let them become much more creative. — Dan Bricklin

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth. — James Thurber

I come from extremely liberal people, one of only 20 in Texas where I grew up. — Sandy Duncan

It is the the duty of a Webmaster to allocate URIs which you will be able to stand by in 2 years, in 20 years, in 200 years. — Tim Berners-Lee

Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy — Jim Rohn

BP CEO Tony Hayward said he would just like to get his life back. He wants to get his life back. You know, I say give him life plus 20. — Jay Leno

We know the end is overrated, we'll become the walls we raise. We don't believe enough, but we still care. — Matchbox 20

On her son Rene: Oh my God, when he's 20 years old what's going to happen to me? I'm gonna marry him. — Celine Dion

Consider a 15- or 20-year fixed-rate mortgage instead of a 30-year, if you can afford the monthly payments - they may not be as high as you think. — Suze Orman

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it. — Dirk Benedict

Tina Seelig, author of What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20, — Ashwin Sanghi

How short lived knowledge is. When I was 20 I knew it all: now at 70 I can't understand a thing — Macedonio Fernandez

By the war's end, non-Chileans constituted 53 percent of the first engineers; 20 percent of the second engineers; — William F. Sater

The thing about having a very young mother who had you at 20 is that you expect that you're going to be old ladies together. — Julianne Moore

I live by the 80/20 rule: I'm 80 percent healthy, and then 20 percent indulgent. — Miranda Kerr

I'm also the first straight woman to host this in 20 years, so, we finally made it, straight people. — Cecily Strong

People get killed every ten or 20 minutes. When we die, we are just another statistic. — Snoop Dogg

Once I became a professional, maybe 19 or 20, I really started to try to figure out who I was, as a woman and as an individual. — Misty Copeland

A woman uses about 20,000 words per day while a man uses about 7,000. — Louann Brizendine

It was fascinating listening to this wonderful biologist, Sarah Allen Miller, speak of her relationship to these beings for 20 years. — Terry Tempest Williams

Everything seems obvious in hindsight! — Fredrik Backman

We're still looking for the Messiah, so I usually invite myself over to someone's house who's found him. — Dan Salerno

I met Rodney when I first moved to LA, so I'd say 20 years. He's the eternal teenager. — Kathy Valentine

People often forget this - a vinyl album could only contain a maximum of 20 minutes per side! — Ken Hensley

I've got everything I had 20 years ago, except now it's all lower. — Gypsy Rose Lee

I'm fully aware that not every cartoon is Pulitzer material. That said, I'm proud of my Pulitzer portfolio, the 20 that got judged. — Steve Breen

There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money. — P. J. O'Rourke

Got a young brown stallion and she 20 years old/When she pop it from the back you see that hairy asshole. — Pimp C

I'm making 20 times more with Vessel for doing the same amount of work, if not less, than with YouTube. — Anna Akana

One discovers a friend by chance, and cannot but feel regret that 20 or 30 years of life may have been spent without the least knowledge of him. — Charles Dudley Warner

I cohabited for 20 years with my longtime husband and father of my two now-teen daughters in a stable family household. — Sandra Tsing Loh

If I was just considered a looker and wasn't considered an actor, where would I be in 10 or 20 years from now? — Heather Matarazzo

Rickey got a big ranch. Rickey got a big bull. Rickey got horses. Rickey got chickens and everything. And Rickey got a 20-gallon hat. — Rickey Henderson

Lucy constituted only 28 per cent of a half skeleton (and only about 20 per cent of a full one). — Bill Bryson

I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger. — Dolly Parton

A mother makes her son gentle in 20 years.... But a girl makes him mental in 20 minutes — Ashok

On a recent survey, 80 percent of golfers admitted cheating. The other 20 percent lied. — Bruce Lansky

At 20, you're cocky and you think you can rule the world, and you get it all wrong. — Simon Cowell

One of the things I learned about writing a memoir is you can't drag the reader through everything. Every human life is worth 20 memoirs. — Andre Dubus III

I like it when, you know, 3-under wins, you know, 20-under par, it just brings so many other people into contention. — Paula Creamer

Never tell your problems to any1 ... 20% donot care and 80% are glad to have them ... — Lou Holtz

In 20,000 walks you're bound to learn a little. — Jim Harrison

A railroad station? That was sort of a primitive airport, only you didn't have to take a cab 20 miles out of town to reach it. — Russell Baker

We tried to present an emotional scrapbook of what it felt like to be a band member on this 20-year journey. — Cameron Crowe

People change. I wouldn't like to be accountable for the interviews I've done, or the person I was when I was 20, 21. — Robbie Williams

Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women. — Francesca Annis

I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways. — Gail Carson Levine

In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world. — Douglas Engelbart

We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first day. — Robert Redford

In my day, if a guy came to spring training 20 pounds heavier than what he left, he was considered out of shape and was probably in trouble. — Ryne Sandberg

My kids and I are spending time together. And we're enjoying that. Family is important; I was gone a lot in the 20 years of public service. — Antonio Villaraigosa

I usually settle into a routine during the season where I shoot for about 15 or 20 minutes before and after practice, and then do the whole practice. — Steve Nash

I think I went on a nice winning streak of about 20 fights until I fought Jorge Reyes and he stopped me in 6 rounds after I punched myself out. — Alexis Arguello

Well, David Eckstein, like most of us, has 20 digits. Ten fingers. Ten toes. — Tim McCarver

Big deal, so he scored. The last time I saw someone dance like that I had to pay her $20 and have my pants dry cleaned the next day. — Dennis Miller

I didn't start drama school until I was 20, and I don't think I would have gotten nearly as much out of it had I gone when I was 18. — Ben Schnetzer

Original 'Dallas' fans, please come back, because it's the same show 20 years later - same drama. — Josh Henderson

Eighty percent of all cultures are the same, it is the 20% that make a culture unique and slam dunks the brand promise to the customer. — Curt Coffman

Rep. James Clyburn, the state's only black congressman
controls 20 percent to 25 percent of the primary vote. — Jim Clyburn

Though talent is wonderful, dance is 80% work and 20% talent. — Tad Williams

I played for 30 years, 20 with England and I did it by setting goals. — Peter Shilton

As a journalist for 35 years, and now author for 20, I've learned that there's always more. — David Maraniss

People say my content's mature, I don't think it's mature at all. I'm just a normal 20 year old. I'm opinionated. — Amy Winehouse

I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34. — Larry Hagman

By the time I got to building synthesizers, I had perhaps 20 years' experience building electronic musical instruments. — Robert Moog

A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent. — Benjamin Franklin

I'm not 20 anymore, and I feel it. — Elena Anaya

One acre of land can produce either 20,000 pounds of potatoes or a measly 165 pounds of meat. — Lindsay S. Nixon

Life is like business, 20% of what happens to you is 80% of how you react. — Daymond John

I shoot a little bit, maybe two rolls, medium format, which is 20 pictures, and if it's not working, I change the position. — Annie Leibovitz

Shiloh had as many casualties as Waterloo, and yet there were another 20 Waterloos to come. — Bruce Catton

I saw 'The Godfather' in London when it came out in 1972 and loved it. I've seen it probably 20 times - I always find something new. — Nigel Lythgoe

You know what makes me feel old? When I see girls who are 20-something, or the new crop of actresses, and think, Aren't we kind of the same age? — Jennifer Aniston

I work out five days a week for 20 minutes; I only do one body part a day. — Rene Russo

It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

It really is all about believing in yourself: 80 per cent mental, 20 per cent physical. — Victoria Pendleton

It makes me forget that I'm not going to be a major star and lead female in films whether it was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, five or in the future. — Pam Grier

I used to have the same lunch every day, for 20 years, I guess, the same thing over and over again. — Andy Warhol

I certainly think that 10 to 20 years from now, clearly the majority of veterinarians will be women. — Richard Adams

Reverb does that thing where you make one sound and it grows to 20 times its original size and fills everything up. — Alex Scally

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution. — Hank Aaron

Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers. — Alma Gluck

You hear about bands who say, "We did one show where only 20 people showed up", well that was our average gig for five years. — Dexter Holland

When you're working on film music, you're only working on 20, 30-minute sections at a time. — Howard Shore

I've never made $20 million. I'm scared. I don't know if you gave me The Ring if I could carry it and bring it to Ozamorph, or whatever you call it. — Joaquin Phoenix

Now that I near 80, I realize with wistful pleasure that on many occasions I was 10, 20, 40, even 50 years ahead of my time. — Benoit Mandelbrot

When you're 20 years old and you're making points with volume and dynamism, it's a fantastic thing to do. — Robert Plant

I have been photographing people dancing for 20 or 30 years now, and I think I will eventually do a book of dancing photos. — Martin Parr

In the last 20, 22 years I have sung here very often and I have always felt the affection and warmth of the Italians, and I feel very close to you. — Jose Carreras

To a certain extent, yes, we do. But there's - but there's a very limited menu. There's only about sort of 20 songs that you hear on rotation. — Nick Lowe

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I don't have any regrets. If I could have talked to my 19- or 20-year-old self, I would have said, 'You're going to be fine. It ain't that serious!' — Queen Latifah

People's youthful quirks can harden into adult pathologies. What's adorable at 20 can be worrisome at 30 and dangerous at 40. — Pamela Druckerman

I am so sick of reading about another car bomb, another suicide bomber, another 10, 20, 30, 70, 100 people dead in a day, both Americans and Iraqis. — Rosanne Cash

I would anticipate that the Electoral College will be held on the 13th of December, and our 20 electorate votes will go to the certified winner. — Kenneth Blackwell

Those lessons that I got along the way are the ones that have shaped my life for the last 20 years. — John Sculley

I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate. — Kenny Baker

This analogy can also be found in Jon Pahl, Empire of Sacrifice (New York: New York University Press, 2010), 20. [19] — Michael Hardin

Hollywood called me, asking me, "How much to do a movie with Farrah Fawcett?" "$50,000" They called back, "How about $20,000?" I said, "I'll pay it!" — Henny Youngman

Too many actors get on an ego trip and won't do commercials, so they sit around for 20 years between jobs. — Vic Tayback