#spent

But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#know #our #putting #spent #together

I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it. ↗

— Paul Merton

#before #bit #business #doing #i

When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to the Goons or Hancock, humour from previous generations. ↗

— Paul Merton

#books #comedy #generations #history #humour

I spent as much time writing proposals in '98 and '99 as I did writing scripts. ↗

— Mark Millar

#i #much #proposals #scripts #spent

And I spent that time working as an insurance adjuster and going to law school in the evening, and then when I left law school, I joined the Department of Justice in Washington. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#evening #going #i #insurance #joined

I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there's a lot of money being spent toward the young guys, but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#airplay #artists #being #guys #i

I spent lunchtime in a grave during the filming of 'Bloody Mama.' When you're younger, you feel that's what you need to do to help you stay in character. When you get older, you become more confident and less intense about it - and you can achieve the same effect. ↗

— Al Pacino

#achieve #become #bloody #character #confident

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you? ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#face #horse #i #just #life

A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity - or even patented for himself - must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely. ↗

— James Payn

#developed #even #feel #get #good

I have spent my tenure in office - and, in fact, my adult lifetime - fighting for things that I care deeply about. And as anyone who knows me will tell you, I do not back down from tough fights. ↗

— Bev Perdue

#adult #anyone #back #care #deeply