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title: "8 Times Said Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [“One of those times," he said, "I think I'd take a nap.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeri-smith-ready/one-of-those-times-he-said-i-think-i-d-take-a-nap/)

[Jeri Smith-Ready](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeri-smith-ready/)

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> [“I reflected wearily that it was not easy to be a Woman in these stirring times. I said it then and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-dundy/i-reflected-wearily-that-it-was-not-easy-to-be-a-woman-in-these/)

[Elaine Dundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-dundy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/elaine-dundy-10668_time_i-reflected-wearily-that-it-was-not-easy_870018.png)

> [“All my life, he said, I been witness to people showin up where they was supposed to be at various times after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/all-my-life-he-said-i-been-witness-to-people-showin-up-where-they-was/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/cormac-mccarthy-181_honor_all-my-life-he-said-i-been-witness-to-pe_1084222.jpg)

> [“That's all right,' she says, and I have to wonder how many times she's said that to the people in her life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-tharp/that-s-all-right-she-says-and-i-have-to-wonder-how-many-times-she-s/)

[Tim Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-tharp/)

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> [“How many times have you said to yourself, at least I have, “Ahh…I don’t care, I don’t really want to live anymore”,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/how-many-times-have-you-said-to-yourself-at-least-i-have-ahh-i-don-t-2/)

[paulo coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [“Today I'm aware of all the times I have said no to opportunities God has placed before me because I think I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-avis/today-i-m-aware-of-all-the-times-i-have-said-no-to-opportunities-god/)

[Heather Avis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-avis/)

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> [If The Times said it, it was the absolute truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-abramson/if-the-times-said-it-it-was-the-absolute-truth/)

[Jill Abramson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-abramson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaf/jill-abramson-13203_absolute_if-the-times-said-it-it-was-the-absolute_2705851.png)

> [If you read only the New York Times- I said, 'Oh my God!' The readers of the New York Times are heading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-paglia/if-you-read-only-the-new-york-times-i-said-oh-my-god-the-readers-of/)

[Camille Paglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-paglia/)

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