"Eternity gives nothing back of what one leaves out of the minutes."
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"Besides Scream, I liked The Purge. It stuck with me because it reminds me of boxing - you have 45 minutes to punch someone legally without consequence."
"If it weren't for God's grace, you and I wouldn't be able to live for even one more minute."
"If you can get yourself to read 30 minutes a day, you're going to double your income every year."
"There's a seeker born every minute."
"Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life."
"When I discovered a new plant, I sat down beside it for a minute or a day, to make its acquaintance and hear what it had to tell... I asked the boulders I met, whence they came and whither they were going."
"Love doesn't come in a minute, sometimes it doesn't come at all."
"When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left!"
"I was told I got 10 measly minutes, but just in case, I brought 13 hours worth of material."
"To the audience, it's like I'm changing the subject every five seconds, but to me, my show's almost like a 90-minute song that I know exactly. I wrote every note, and I know exactly where everything is."
"The minute you start putting words on paper you're eliminating possibilities."
"How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly?"
"I could be walking down the street one minute and get a handshake and then get spat on the next. I'm never sure whether to wear gloves or a helmet."
"I keep thinking about you every few minutes all day."
"Pride dies 20 minutes after death."
"Time needs another minute."
"I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds."
"I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute."
"Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion."