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"I saw the best minds of my generation who threw their watches off the roof to cast their ballot for Eternity outside of Time, & alarm clocks fell on their heads every day for the next decade."
"I never read. The paper or anything. I watch a lot of movies, and TV series and stuff. But I never, never read."
"When I'm in Miami I like to go and watch basketball, the Miami Heat."
"Like most guys, I've always liked watches. I can always check the time on my phone, but having a watch is so much better."
"A man of correct insight among those who are duped and deluded resembles one whose watch is right while all the clocks in the town give the wrong time."
"I've never seen 'Seinfeld', never seen 'The Cosby Show'; I just don't watch it. I saw half of 'Oprah' one time. I'd rather read."
"But we survived, and we're a good family. I just don't want to dedicate one more tear, or watch my mother cry one more time."
"When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it."
"I was only allowed only to watch public television until I was 12 years old."
"Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV."
"You can't accumulate anything, because anything you get you have to give away. We all know this. We watch our bodies go through the aging process. We know we came in here with nothing, and we know we're going to leave with nothing. There's nothing to own. There's nothing to get. The only thing you can do with your life is give it away. The best, happiest moments in your life are always when you're giving something away."
"A watch is the most essential part of a lecture."
"For some must watch, while some must sleep So runs the world away"
"Watch your character for your character is your destiny."
"Hess or no Hess, I'm going to watch the Marx Brothers."
"Watch your thoughts, they become your words."
"Upon the glazen shelves kept watch Matthew and Waldo, guardians of the faith The army of unalterable law."
"Watch the sun until it comes into your body and stays as a tiny sun. It will keep your face shining even in the coldest of winter."
"It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in."
"I'm surprised you know that," I say quietly, " since you left halfway through my one and only fight." "It wasn't something I wanted to watch." he says. What's that supposed to mean?"
