- Doing
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- 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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a creative speller and never achieved good grades in school. I graduated from high school but didn't have the opportunity to attend college, so I did what young women my age did at the time - I married.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew all these people had the same goals I did, but the one that worked the hardest would come out on top. That's what drove me all the time. But I had fun. I did better every day, and that's what made it fun.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope I give girls an opportunity to realize that they can swim and go to school at the same time. It's not to be given up once they get out of high school. They can continue doing it for the rest of their lives.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
One bit of advice I can give people is to remember that anything worthwhile takes a long time.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humans metabolize their purchases very quickly, even if it seemed worth it for any number of reasons when you first bought it. After some time passes, people will go back to feeling the baseline feelings they had previously felt about themselves, no matter how shiny the object, the hair, or the experience.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gene Kelly was one of the greatest dancers of all time and a taskmaster. He sought from you the absolute best - and he got it.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes a long time to realize a situation is for real, and then you finally face it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Old age is a wonderful time of life. At least, that's what everyone tells you. But let me tell you: it is not true. What's true is that your hips, knees and ankles gradually give up on you - everything is quite dreadful, really. And it was a terrible thing to have told us because we believed it.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
At a time when we are losing manufacturing jobs in this country, we should be doing everything we can to help our manufacturers stay competitive. They are the backbone of our economy.
- Government Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
The levels of poverty in 1933's rural America were unimaginable to us now. The 1933 Farm Bill, which introduced unprecedented government control over agriculture, was a reaction to the specific problems facing producers at that time.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.
- Nov 07, 2020
I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.
- Exploring
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- Nov 07, 2020