- Nov 07, 2020
Time Quotes
Quotes marking moments across time.
This page brings together quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family. It pairs well with Family Quotes for related reflections.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
We spend our time responding rationally to a world which we understand and recognize, but which no longer exists.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have this horrific thing where I'm really bad with names and faces. I have an appalling memory. Someone will come up to me in the street and go, 'Eddie!', and I'll try and give myself time by going into overdrive, 'Hey, hi! Nice to see you!' and start a whole conversation because I can't distinguish between who I know and who I don't.
- Bouncing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first film, 'Like Minds,' was with Toni Colette, who was extraordinary. I mean it was basically a mini-masterclass for acting on film at a time when all you could probably see were my eyebrows bouncing up and down on screen.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Two years ago, I shot 'Pillars of the Earth' in Budapest - it was a big part, but I had a lot of time to sit around and visit cafes.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter... I am so unlucky.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually had huge problems with my glasses steaming up all the time. I had to train very carefully around the limitations caused by wearing them.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a car hasn't been driven for a long time and you take it out in the summer, adding some coolant will prevent the radiator from overheating.
- Jazz
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've often felt I've been born out of my time, and when I started Fairground Attraction in the 1980s, I wanted to be a 1940s jazz singer.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm proud of both sides, and they are both really well known to be fighting heritages, so I tell everyone all the time - they say, 'What are you'? - I say I'm Irish. I'm Puerto Rican. I guess I was born to fight.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I won my first 10 fights by knockout. The money was getting larger at the same time.
- Black And White
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dallas was a Black and White society at that time; it didn't have the diversity it has now.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marcelo Garcia is one of those fighters who trains with no-gi, and is also great with gi. When you train with no-gi you actually get better with gi too. I am spending all the time on no-gi, so it becomes a different animal.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020