- Long
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's always times when, the organization, we're losing 90 games at a time, and it always feels like we're developing players. But you just continue to grind and continue to do your job.
- Mustache
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't say that I haven't done some bad acting in my time. I have. Usually that involves what we actors call 'indicating,' when you twirl your mustache.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Vancouver is one of my favorite places on earth. It's gray and rainy there a lot of the time, but for some reason, even though it's gray and rainy, I feel like it's a sunny day.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played golf for 25 years before I made a hole-in-one of any kind. I was on the tour for years before it finally happened. Eventually I made 23, but boy, that first one was a long time coming. It was the price I paid for not shooting at every flag.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
Listeners are kind of ambushed... if a poem just happens to be said when they're listening to the radio. The listener doesn't have time to deploy what I call their 'poetry deflector shields' that were installed in high school - there's little time to resist the poem.
- Chronological
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my poems either have historical sequences or other kinds of chronological grids where I'm locating myself in time. I like to feel oriented, and I like to orient the reader at the beginning of a poem.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
Discovering Samuel Beckett in college was a big deal for me. I realized you could be very funny and very dark at the same time.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting was always there, it's true. But for a long time, in my teenage years, I wasn't sure about it - not because I didn't like it, but I didn't want people to think I hadn't earned it.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I worked with Lady Gaga for a day on a video shoot. It was crazy; we had a lot of fun. I had a great time.
- Film Sets
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent a lot of time on film sets with my dad at work, and as a kid, that's a very appealing thing, to watch grownups get to play dress-up and pretend that they're different people - and then get paid for it!
- Nov 07, 2020
By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020