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It was a period when they used to read into our lyrics a lot, used to think there was more in them than there was. — Paul McCartney

Falconer's grasp of period and places is almost flawless ... He's my kind of writer. — Peter Corris

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. — Alfred North Whitehead

The nonchalance and dolce-far-niente air of nature and society hint at infinite periods in the progress of mankind. — Henry David Thoreau

What I definitely learnt from Michael Jackson is that simple is almost always better. As a songwriter, as an artist period. — Ne-Yo

Periods of nostalgia are impossible to predict or explain. — Russell Smith

Call me an alarmist, but we are witnessing the beginning of the most frightening period of government tyranny in our nation's history. — David Limbaugh

Get your appointment book out and schedule do-nothing-but-relax periods during the week, and then keep those appointments. — Sonia Choquette

History is not the soil of happiness. The periods of happiness are blank pages in it. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time. — Rowan Atkinson

It simply isn't a woman's nature to be silent for prolonged periods of time. — Maya Banks

Nobody knows what really happened in any historical period. There are some periods where we know more than others, though. — Michael Hirst

Those periods of struggling to overcome challenges are what people find to be the most enjoyable times. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

I cook. I did the Escoffier course in Paris when I was 21 in one of those periods when it was like a pause. I can cook anything Italian, Chinese. — Marie-Chantal Claire

I always like worlds where you could be in several different time periods. — Drew Barrymore

The point is to explore whatever may be helpful for thinking, understanding, and acting responsibly over long periods of time. — Stewart Brand

One size NEVER fits all. One size fits one. Period — Tom Peters

Throughout the nineteen-seventies and eighties, especially during periods of recession, employees were moved from offices to cubicles. — Jill Lepore

Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I'm not hysterical." "Of course you are. All women are. Their moments of calm are merely recuperative periods between outbursts. I — Rex Stout

Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting — Ambrose Bierce

I did have strange ideas during certain periods of time. — John Forbes Nash Jr.

As far as my inspirations, I just like anyone who is making good music - period. — Rahki

Because I had grown up with Jane Austen novels and period dramas, I was very familiar with that period and that world. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw

One writes fables in periods of oppression. — Italo Calvino

There are periods in life when you get caught up in the whole field of relativity and lose your moorings with the absolute. — Deepak Chopra

It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods. — Jack Kilby

Do girls on periods like chocolate?" Winona asks.
"Period or no period - girls like fucking chocolate. — Krista Ritchie

The most exciting periods of literature have always been those when the critics were great. — Doris Lessing

You can't escape your own period. Whether you take sides for or against, you're always in it. — Pablo Picasso

I have proudly spent several periods in government, but I'm not a career politician. I come from a family of 'citizen soldiers.' — Jim Webb

Many investors seem to have forgotten a hard reality: There are frequent periods when stock markets don't do much. — Jim Rogers

Well, I'm a history buff, anyway. I love learning about different periods, especially in American history. I'm a fan. — William Sadler

Over rolling long periods, U.S. and non-U.S. stocks tend to equalize. — Kenneth Fisher

I would not have gone to Philly if I really did not have my free agency right, if I did not have a case, period. — Terrell Owens

If you don't let your past die, then it won't let you live. Period. — Perry Noble

I went through one period when I smoked a surprising, a really breath-taking, amount of grass almost every night. — David Letterman

I've been so lonely for long periods of my life that if a rat walked in I would have welcomed it. — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

It's funny, because I have periods where I just kind of go dark. I don't tweet, I don't talk, I don't interview, and then I have times where I do. — Lance Armstrong

As you know, in most areas of science, there are long periods of beginning before we really make progress. — Eric Kandel

When I'm interviewed on Leno, just be funny, period. That's all they want from me. I don't want to tell my life story. — David Spade

Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods. — Joseph Addison

Starving whilst schooled is like a man's finding out that his wife is on her periods ... a few seconds after he took Viagra. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

If you indulge in long periods, you must be sure to have a snapper at the end. — Henry David Thoreau

We've weathered several periods when times weren't so good, and so I don't think we'll cancel our advertising now. In fact, we might even increase it. — Will Keith Kellogg

My working habits are simple: long periods of thinking, short periods of writing. — Ernest Hemingway,

I've always enjoyed myself. Unhappy periods for me last about twenty minutes. — Keith Moon

Accept periods of suffering with gratitude, knowing that suffering can teach you very important lessons. — Barbara Ann Kipfer

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time. — Andy Serkis

Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal. — Janet Reno

The only periods, I suspect, when a man feels captain of his soul are those when he has not the slightest need of such an organ. — Geoffrey Household

The great men of music close periods; they do not inaugurate them. The pioneer work, the finding of new paths, is left to smaller men. — Ralph Vaughan Williams

Twitter lets me hear from a lot of people in a very short period of time. — Robert Scoble

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it. — Aung San Suu Kyi

There are three fashion periods: the past, the present and Mae West. — Edith Head

There's a weird period of learning how to play guitar where your fingers are constantly messed up a handful. — Jason Reeves

Acting is a precarious business. I have had periods where I felt like I couldn't get arrested, but you have to see it as a long game. — Ewen Bremner

Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that. Never. — Rafael Palmeiro

The period of childhood is a stage on which time and space become entangled. — Yukio Mishima

For the greatest part of humanity and the longest periods of history, empire has been the typical mode of government. — Henry Kissinger

The gun lobby finds waiting periods inconvenient. You have only to ask my husband how inconvenient he finds his wheelchair from time to time. — Sarah Brady

I refer to my non-productive periods as fallow times. I think they are essential. — Catherine Stock

I go through periods of not writing. Until there's something I can't find in the world that I need, so I write. — Daphne Gottlieb

If a woman is to know herself, then periods of solitude should be courted, planned, and embraced. — Mary Blakely

It's hard to find actors that don't feel contemporary when you put them in a period piece. — George Clooney

It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of new ones appear. — C.L.R. James

People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy. — Robbie Robertson

There were periods when the art market got overheated, but there is no reason it should appreciate dramatically. — Eli Broad

I wear things that kind of can look good for extended periods of time - fabrics that don't wrinkle, things that don't stain very easily. — Rachel Zoe

A period is just the beginning of a lifelong sentence — Cathy Crimmins

Michelle Tafoya - best NFL sideline reporter - period. She is always prepared and professional. — Megan Alexander

Determine when you are most productive when working away from the office, and maximize those periods. — Chuck Martin

I think music is my favorite thing to do, but I go through periods where I think differently. — Nat Wolff

Through knowledge we gain power over our lives. With options we have possibility. With acceptance we find a new freedom. — Lucy H. Pearce

Top athletes understand that to play at their best, they must alternate periods of intense performance with periods of strategic renewal. — Robin S. Sharma

Even in the most favourable periods for cultural development , Intellectuals tend to have uneasy relationship with the status quo. — Frank Furedi

I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods. — Kamala Harris

Being silent for long periods of time was a gift of mine. Most may not see it like that, but it actually takes a strong will to cultivate said talent. — Mary E. Twomey

How much more the seeker of abstract truth, who needs periods of isolation, and rapt concentration, and almost a going out of thebody to think! — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Periods are a period when nature forces prostitutes to go on leave. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Girls have periods and boys jerk off. Everybody. — Haruki Murakami

I do go through periods of obsession with certain records. — Britt Daniel

Life is a sandwich of activity between two periods of bed-wetting, — Padgett Powell

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. — W.B.Yeats

It's such a commitment, making a film, you're really dedicated, it's your life, that's all you do for that period of your life. — Cameron Diaz

My work often takes me away from my family for long periods of time, so I've really come to appreciate the time I do spend with them. — Marcia Gay Harden

When you are fundamentally committed to something that is right, you just decide to go down fighting. Period. — Cornel West

Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs. — Guy Debord

Sometimes, in periods of oppression and mass insanity, the most decisive form of resistance is simply the decision to not engage. — Lauren Oliver

I watch a lot of ESPN. I just kind of keep it on for long periods of time and watch guys yell at each other about sports things. — Ken Marino

Very large scale disasters, especially those that have occurred in the developing world, have very long recovery periods. — Irwin Redlener

I understood ... that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history. — Laura Ingalls Wilder

I'm constantly discovering things. Like Bobby Bland. Right now I suppose I'm into the Eighties, which turned out to be a great musical period. — Chiwetel Ejiofor

I do think there is a value in the services of judges for long periods of time. — Sonia Sotomayor

There are periods when life is so pleasant one can almost imagine the world is sun-dappled and safe. — Phyllis T. Smith

Great periods of poetry begin with an inordinate self-consciousness, and only gradually attain to the natural. — Mark Van Doren

One has to divide Warren Buffet into different periods. There is a continuously evolving style of Warren Buffett. — Guy Spier

You have a right to your opinion and I've got a right to mine. Period. — Pete Seeger

And I certainly don't like the white supremacists and those whose religion is hating the Jews, period. — Alex Jones

I've not been able to avoid periods of time where I felt super-lonely. Luckily, I have a side that is able to always see the glass as half-full. — Will Ferrell