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- Nov 07, 2020
Late Quotes
On timing, second chances, and knowing when it's too late.
These quotes look at lateness from several angles—the reassurance that starting fresh is possible at any age, an older historical reference to a delayed arrival, and wry lines about timing that shows up too early or too late to matter. See our life quotes for more.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I picked up reading late because I grew up dyslexic. When I went to college, a friend who was a big reader got me started on a number of writers, including Hemingway.
- Early Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a guy who was a geek with tape machines in the early days and really interested in how records get made, I was inspired in particular by how the Beatles were innovating when they were making those records late in their career while using the studio in a maximal way.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I gravitated to New York City in the late '70s to pursue a career in visual art, which is what I trained in at university.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Really, the impetus driving me is I've always sung, but I like to act, I like drama, I like text, which is why opera is something I've come late to, I'd say.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in my late 30s, I lit a figure on fire on Baker Beach in San Francisco. It was me, a friend, and maybe eight people, tops. There wasn't any premeditation to it at all. It was really just a product of San Franciscan bohemian milieu.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're at the top echelon of motorsports, and we've got guys who have never won Late Model races running on the racetrack. It's pathetic. They don't know where to go.
- Blossomed
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mistrust of government that blossomed in the late '60s has become a chronic and in some ways pathological condition.
- Grandfather
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- Nov 07, 2020
Several years ago, I was creating a Christmas present for the family, a self-published cookbook featuring recipes my grandmother had collected and created over decades. While interviewing her for the biographical section, she began to talk about her courtship with my late grandfather.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't try to get all the meat off the bone. When I get a good figure, I just move something. Too many people try to hit the peak price, and they hold on until it is too late.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
And Barry Levinson is insanely funny. I don't know if you know this, not everyone does, but he and Craig T. Nelson were a comedy team back in the coffeehouse days of the late '60s.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020