- Life
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Hare
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- Nov 07, 2020
In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The last place you'll find me is the gym. It seems to me to be a waste of time - I could spend that time doing so many other things.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty fit. We've got a lot of stairs in our house, and I'm up and down them all the time. Plus, I don't smoke, and I'm vegetarian.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every morning, I have a coffee to wake up my system, but I don't think you should eat just because it's a meal time, so I often won't have breakfast until late morning.
- Flowers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once, I was followed by a car when I was driving. Every time I sped up, the car sped up, and when I slowed down, it slowed down. Eventually, I stopped, got out and screamed, 'What do you want?' He said, 'I just wanted to give you some flowers because I'm such a fan.' I felt awful. He was just being kind.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first got engaged when I was 19, but I just knew there was more of life out there for me. I called it off six weeks before the wedding. I felt terribly guilty because he was such a nice boy, and I was in love with him. But it was the wrong time.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't get everything in life. You make decisions and have to live by them. If you make the right decisions, at the time you have no regrets.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have loved being a step-mum to Brian's children. We have a great relationship, and it's lovely to spend time with the grandchildren.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find that I've tried to become a better hockey player every year and not just hold on. At the same time, I've also made it a point to increase or grow in some other area of my life. If I were just playing hockey, I would probably be done with the sport.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not about, 'Let me play as long as I can so I don't have to grow up.' It's about, 'Let me play as long as I enjoy it,' and when it's time to step away, I can step away gracefully even if I'm still good enough to keep playing, because I'm ready for that next phase.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing new under the sun. We talk about the same things all the time on air.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am tired of people telling me that black people are beneath a standard when we have to be twice as good all the time.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
We, in the late '60s, '70s and '80s, are acting like we have just discovered freedom and liberation. But I'm sure that many women have worked for that for such a long time.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had always been pegged for being feminine. People would always say, 'Ooh, that's a pretty little girl.' They would talk about my eyelashes or that I was sensitive or that I was crying all the time. I didn't want to play in the dirt outside with the boys.
- Deemed
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- Nov 07, 2020