- People
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a period in my life where I decided that I would never be bored again and that, if I had any free time at all, I would make plans, and I would always be doing things. It actually was great for a year or so, but then I lost all of my friends.
- Dress
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt like, for so many years - and I still even feel it - as a girl, you can't really expect to go on stage and dress like a boy and jump around and scream with the audience and mosh and stuff, and every time that happens, I feel really proud.
- First Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
- Nov 07, 2020
I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.
- Misunderstood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sort of enjoy the fact that I'm misunderstood most of the time. That's fine.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom made me watch 'Star Wars' for the first time when I was about 7 years old. When I was younger, I hated action movies and pretty much anything loud. So when she put it on, I covered my ears and ran out of the room.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do talk a lot - far more than my husband - but I'm not good at talking to a lot of people. I either talk a lot of rubbish - which I'm sure I do a lot of the time anyway - or I stare at the soup. I'm no good at social presentation.
- Said
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- Nov 07, 2020
I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, the heyday was in 1959. It was before the Ferus Gallery moved across the street, in the days when Ed Kienholz and Walter Hopps ran it. At that time, art was taken very seriously in terms of being an artist, and not as a profession.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
In baseball, you can do something poorly and still get credit. A pitcher could throw a bad ball, the batter hit a screaming line drive, and an outfielder make a fantastic diving catch. Yet, when you look at historical databases, 80% of the time when a ball is struck with that trajectory and velocity, it is a hit.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever had.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again from the year zero.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020