moments

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You must not forget how few my moments are here.

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  1. noun A brief, indefinite interval of time.
  2. noun A specific point in time, especially the present time: He is not here at the moment.
  3. noun A particular period of importance, influence, or significance in a series of events or developments: a great moment in history; waiting for her big moment.

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  • It is true that the moments were as well counted as employed, and my curtain had hardly fallen than, rushing toward the stairs, I got out before my audience, and jumped into a vehicle that bore me off at full speed But this fatigue was as nothing compared to the emotion occasionally produced by an error in the time that was to elapse between my two performances. —  A Conjurer's Confessions
  • But this along with a few other moments are the only times that the words “vivid” or “life” can be associated with the picture, and whoever decided to transform Galactus into the Mother of All Dust Bunnies.... Well, let's just say that it was an unfortunate creative choice. —  FSF,December2007
  • The best of the moments were anecdotes — a Sunday soccer game a father was supposed to referee; a wedding less than a week away; a pregnant girl who was supposed to be on bed rest but who came to plead with her drug-runner boyfriend. —  Patterson, James - [Alex Cross 12] - Cross
  • It is true that the moments were as well counted as employed, and my curtain had hardly fallen than, rushing towards the stairs, I got before my audience, and jumped into a vehicle that bore me off at full speed. —  Memoirs of Robert-Houdin
  • The best Big Brother moments are the spontanious bits where the 'nice' ones are generally having fun and pissing about.
 

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