- 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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way that we're consuming what we watch. Netflix, binge-watching, destination agnostic were not terms. It was about networks, times, dates. Even with feature films, you had to see it this way, in this capacity, at this time. All that has changed. Now it's really about the story. It's a gift that I became a storyteller at this time.
- Array
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the reasons why I created the podcast called the 'The Call-In' that we do through Array - because as a black artist, every time I sit down with mainstream media, I'm asked about issues of race, identity and culture. No one asked what they ask my white male counterparts, which is: 'Where do you like to put the camera?'
- Every Single Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for a month. I was on the masthead, so I tend to get recognized a lot, and in weird places. It's always flattering, and it's always odd. It's always at the worst possible time.
- Nov 07, 2020
Truth is the daughter of time.
- Escaped
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- Nov 07, 2020
Another one of the old poets, whose name has escaped my memory at present, called Truth the daughter of Time.
- Matters
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- Nov 07, 2020
We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom.
- Listen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I could listen to the radio and I had access to books from time to time. Not all the time.
- Phone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
- Freer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.
- Possible
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020