- 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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Rare
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's rare that you get to have a lovely time of it and you're not just portraying endless trauma on film.
- False Sense
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- Nov 07, 2020
The interviews themselves last a couple of hours and are cut down, so you can take your time lulling someone into a false sense of security before you hit them with the really weird questions.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I make a recipe for the first time and it's fabulous, I know I'm in trouble because I don't know exactly what I did, and I can't replicate it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think actually what keeps the intensity manageable - it's a little counterintuitive - is that it's changing all the time. Every week is different for me.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a director, whether you're in rehearsal or you're in auditions or you're in a creative meeting, is so much to me about being present in the moment. There's a sense of time stopping.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
The practice of law requires both continuity and growth - a deep understanding of legal principles born of reason, tradition, and experience and tested by time, but also a mind alert to present needs and the future consequences of public and private legal decisions.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like talking. I didn't know at the time I would have to worry so much about my hair.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends up being more about technology and sets, and flash and dash, forgetting the main thing, which is interesting people saying interesting, important things.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
We embrace two-legged beings, and can warm to four-legged beings, too, but for most people, six legs is pushing it. Most don't need multi-eyed, antennaed face time.
- Crops
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle or erect shopping malls and condos; planting groves of a few familiar trees that homeowners and industries prefer.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Though not a natural world by any means, more like a collection of living dioramas, a zoo exists in its own time zone, somewhere between the seasonal sense of animals and our madly ticking watch time.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always found it best to have a routine. I go to my study at the same time every day and climb into my bay window. I may not be inspired every day, but on the days I am, I need to be in place to write. If I'm not particularly inspired, I'll revise or do research or correspondence.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to think consciousness itself was a virtue, so I tried to keep it all in my head at the same time: past, future, etc.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went off to America and went to New York.
- Film Industry
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- Nov 07, 2020