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I wanted to pursue other business opportunities and spend time with my family. I've been playing a long time.


Brooks Kieschnick

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IRENE ROSENFELD I want to spend more time with my family, but I'm not sure they want to spend more time with me.
ESTHER RANTZEN When I go back to France now I spend all the my time with press and sponsors. I do not have a lot of...
JEAN ALESI My time is focused on family and work. I need to find a way to spend more time with my friends - and...
DANIEL L. DOCTOROFF I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It to...
PETE BEST This is the greatest feeling in the world. Me and Brooks wanted this for a long time.
GARRETT WILLIAMSON I'm a family guy. I want to be home with my family, want to spend as much time with my family as...
DONALD DRIVER I like to spend as much time with my friends and family as possible.
ZARA LARSSON I like to spend time with my family. The majority of my time is spent in London, but I do like to es...
KATIE PRICE Mostly, I just like to write music and spend time with my family and friends and jam.
AUBREY PEEPLES I spend a lot of my spare time with my family. My sisters, parents, and in-laws all live nearby.
ANNE WOJCICKI My reduced role in the company will allow for a smooth management transition, while enabling me to s...
DAVID HUBER My family and I are so close, it's important to have a close knit relationship and to make time ...
GIA COPPOLA I will always find something that I want to try and become better at. I always love to spend more ti...
CONNIE NIELSEN I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of cou...
NELSON MANDELA I graduated 17 seniors last year. We've got a nice young team coming in. I thought if there was goin...
DICK LONG With This Time Lost, Comes Time To Spend.
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JESSE HOLDEMAN I guess it was mainly my love of dogs. I had a dog at the time I started and I wanted to spend more ...
JACKIE JORDAN Whenever I get three-four days in hand, I fly down to Delhi to spend time with my family and my dog.
ESHA GUPTA I knew that house in and out. I use to go there with my folks and spend time with (the King family).
CLAY HARPSTER And if they did decide to pursue other colleges, I wasn't going to cut their playing time or anythin...
MIKE WATKINS My plans for the off season are to travel and spend time with family and friends.
DANTE HALL I do have a family, and obviously I spend as much time as I can with them. Though even when I'm ...
BILL JAMES I spend a lot of time doing watercolors and playing music in my apartment.
LOLA KIRKE I am a family man, and I have to find my priorities. During the season, it is to race. During the of...
JENS VOIGT I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in...
OMAR EPPS We're very pleased with our Q4 results. We're investing aggressively in our business and scaling rap...
GEORGE REYES The husbands, who sometimes have another family who's grown, are going, Now I can spend time wit...
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PAGET BREWSTER I have always wanted to be a gardener, and I love the time I spend in my garden.
PAWAN KALYAN I wasn't being followed around by paparazzi all the time. I was able to be a kid and spend that ...
DANIELLE FISHEL I love what I do. People depend on me for their livelihoods. But I'm not married to the business. I ...
RAY JACQUES I really wanted to work with Tim, ... I've been a big fan of Tim's for a long time.
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KATE MIDDLETON Outside of interviews, I spend very little time thinking about myself. I spend time thinking about m...
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DANNY GREEN We spend money and time to gain more money...Why not spend time with each other and gain happiness?
DEDRICK D. L. PITTER Since I'm always working, my best holiday memories are definitely when I can just go home and sp...
CHRIS BROWN My partners (and I) have wanted to do this for a long time.
GARY GATTIS I've been in the business a long time,
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DEAN YOUNG My time off is usually spent working out and getting better at football. When I come home and spend ...
STEFON DIGGS People in politics always say they're spending time with their family, but in my case, it's ...
MITT ROMNEY Because my business life is so busy, my home is really my sanctuary. That is where I reflect and spe...
RACHEL ROY I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and fr...
BRENDAN FRASER I spent a long time writing in obscurity. You'll spend a long time writing in obscurity.
DAN KENNEDY Weekends are sacred for me. They're the perfect time to relax and spend time with family and fri...
MARCUS SAMUELSSON On his new motorbike: I wanted to spend some time with it and get to know it.
KEANU REEVES My dad was a big car guy. If you wanted to spend time with my dad, he was working on the car.
ADAM FERRARA It's a great time to come out and enjoy the spring with your family. Show support of your community ...
ANDREA COOPER I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it.
DAVID SCHWIMMER It's been something we've wanted for a long time.
BOB BURNS Spend a long time alone, especially if you're someone who's never been that social to begin with, an...
RON RASH I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still...
NELSON MANDELA I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father tim...
FLAVOR FLAV I grew up in the countryside with the factory here, my house 200 metres away, my grandma's house...
MARGHERITA MISSONI It's a time the family should be together, and get together and spend time. Worship God, and just be...
JACKIE EVANS And eternity is a long time. So if you have to spend it with someone I could see wanting to spend it...
MEG CABOT I'm about making music and spending time with my family. I've been in the spotlight so long ...
BIG BOI I'm a jazz lover and he's been in the business a long time.
JOE BRONSON I learned a long, long time ago, that I could accomplish things in this place we call reality and ye...
KEVIN WALKER I have a business opportunity that I need to pursue and it's going to take more of my time than [exp...
DAVE FREUDENBERG I didn't expect that I would win tonight. My favorite part about the apple festival is that I get to...
JESSICA SIMPSON I really enjoy playing with my sister. We've been together on a team for 18 years, a long, long time...
JAMIE JOHNSON Hasbro's multi-year agreement with Marvel provides Hasbro with proven properties in categories where...
BRIAN GOLDNER Denise Speaks has decided to pursue other opportunities.
DICK SKRINJAR I reluctantly left the series because a) my age. I'm 68 tomorrow and time is very precious for m...
RICHARD BRIERS It is causing difficulties for my family and myself. I have been doing this thing for a long time. I...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my famil...
PAT BURNS My first relationship is with my brother. If I cannot maintain any relationship with him and I canno...
APURVA GAGLANI I don't think most of my hobbies would be surprising to anybody. I obviously like to spend a lot...
BILL GOLDBERG I have been in business a long time. I never had a successful relationship or partnership with any e...
CASEY WASSERMAN My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I r...
UZO ADUBA They wanted someone with hands-on business experience and were shocked to see all that I had done at...
JOHN CROSS I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable.
WESS STAFFORD I think the family is very relieved that the trial has started. It has been a long time coming. I kn...
ANTHONY MACK A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.
MARIO PUZO I want to spend my time with people who don't look to be respected. But such good people won't want ...
OSAMU DAZAI I didn't spend a lot of time with prison guards, but my father was an assistant district attorne...
TAYLOR SCHILLING Success in business today requires real-time, mobile access to business opportunities.
BOB MCDONNELL We just came with the more aggressive mindset all across the board. I'm a post player, I spend most ...
BRITTANY GRICE Good people don't spend their time being good. Good people want to spend their time mowing the l...
ALAN FURST I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoug...
ED SPELEERS I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to spend time wi...
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DOUG SCOFIELD We spend a lot of time together playing football and basketball and lifting weights all the time.
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SCOTT BAKULA I've been here a long time with my family, and I really enjoy it down here. I don't know if I could ...
DENIS POTVIN I've known for a very long time that I was being downloaded more than Cindy Margolis. I got fed up, ...
DANNI ASHE I've known for a very long time that I was being downloaded more than Cindy Margolis, ... I got fed ...
DANNI ASHE As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I...
DAN STEVENS For me the schools are the best. They are my favorite part. We have some opportunities to spend some...
CARLOS SILVA Family companies tend to be intuitive and instinctive. The business and the culture is in their bloo...
DAN ROTTENBERG I was very scared of playing again because I haven't been in this position for a long time.
JELENA DOKIC I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic
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GWENDOLYN BROOKS First fight. Then fiddle.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS What I'm fighting for now in my work... for an expression relevant to all manner of blacks, poem...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it wer...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing t...
GWENDOLYN BROOKS We are each other's magnitude and bond.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She's ins...
SCOTT BROOKS I'm very thankful to players like John Stockton and Spud Webb. They've made it possible for ...
SCOTT BROOKS Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But i...
MEL BROOKS Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.
PHILLIPS BROOKS I guess 'The Player' was a pretty good L.A. movie. And 'Chinatown.' Was there ever a...
ALBERT BROOKS It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
GARTH BROOKS We rode pretty hard for about 30 or 40 kilometers, but eventually it got a bit disorganized. There w...
BEN BROOKS It will be a lot funnier. It will have a lot more raw material, as I call it.
BEN BROOKS We started to execute more and our team did not have as many turnovers. We just played better as a t...
BEN BROOKS The sponsors were even more keen because they wanted to have more of a brand awareness down here.
BEN BROOKS The Herald Sun Tour is one of the premier cycling events in Australia, so the boys and I are keen to...
BEN BROOKS I was his host for nine Phoenix Opens and would fly him over in a private jet. I always tried to tel...
BEN BROOKS Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.
BELLAMY BROOKS I probably learned, being in 'Taxi Driver' before I made my first film, I would come to the ...
ALBERT BROOKS A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up hi...
MEL BROOKS I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous.
MEL BROOKS One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
GWENDOLYN BROOKS People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy so...
DAVID BROOKS We're doing everything we can. Mainly the program draws from Harwich and Brewster, even though we go...
BILL BROOKS We have a calendar raffle starting up, and we've sold cookie dough and had can drives. We're looking...
BILL BROOKS