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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since 9/11, the Justice Department has been widely criticized for one particular tactic it uses in fighting the War on Terror: it detains suspicious persons for long periods of time and puts them under heavy questioning before they are ever even charged with a crime.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Can a democratic nation fight a War on Terror and at the same time bend over backward so as not to offend a few visitors' rights?
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1957, with the arms race in full swing, the Department of Defense had decided it was just a matter of time before an airplane transporting an atomic bomb would crash on American soil, unleashing a radioactive disaster the likes of which the world had never seen.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you're very fortunate if you live to that age. In fact when I went to Uganda for the first time one of the things that occurred to me was that I saw very few elderly people.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sometimes can't be bothered, dare I say, to spend a copious amount of time on my hair and my face before I go out into the public eye.
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a long time, I thought I was going to go into law, but theatre just kept being so present in my life.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a sore throat for a long time and it scared me. I saw a lump in my throat and I was terrified. I wouldn't go to a doctor.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Downton' took a long time to catch fire in America, but we have been getting good reviews for 'Tango.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first big disappointment is always, why don't I look like Julie Christie? Then I realise I don't look remotely like Julie Christie, and that's always a great sadness to me. Because I used to think I might have done, at one time. And I'm too fat. And I'm too old. You always see your faults, you see.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favourite time of year is two weeks before Christmas when everybody's up for it - you're having lunches with people, drinking Cosmopolitans, and getting ready for something exciting!
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone, a director, tries to tell me the way to do something, I'm not good at adapting. I need time to go away and think about things.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell myself things will be different in a few years' time, but this is the most wonderful, golden time for me. I'm basking in the success of 'Tango', really loving it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020