"Time has been used destructively by people of ill will much more than it has been used constructively by those of good will."
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"I've used [drum machine] because I have to have the perfect tempo."
"I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end. (Jo March)"
"I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be."
"Eaters must understand, how we eat determines how the world is used."
"I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it."
"I've always felt that technology can be used to our benefit and should be used to our benefit."
"I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with really doing shows."
"I didn't used to wear a watch. Now I have a SPOT watch, which I wear all the time."
"I used to think it's better if you just live and die and no one knows who you are."
"But the division in him was a sorrow and a torment, and he became accustomed to it only as one gets used to an unhealed and frequently reopened wound."
"Muhammad was a narcissist and Muslims, by having entered into his bubble universe have become narcissists by extension. More precisely, they are reverse narcissists. A commonly used term for reverse narcissist is co-dependent."
"The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body."
"I used to have the same lunch every day, for 20 years, I guess, the same thing over and over again."
"God gave Davie Cooper a talent. He would not be disappointed with how it was used"
"I didn't have friends. No one talked to me. I used to go to the Wyndcroft School (nationally recognized for academic excellence) in Pottstown, and when I moved to Wyomissing, I didn't know anybody."
"When I was young, I used to think that wealth and power would bring me happiness... I was right."
"I pray to be used in service to a greater purpose higher than my own"
"The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent."
"The Word Lady: Most Often Used to Describe Someone You Wouldn't Want to Talk to for Even Five Minutes."