- Passion
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
When I began singing, it was the first time I was happy in my life. As a baby, I would stop crying when I heard a great singer.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy. Because it's the same thing that happened to me as a child. When I first heard the tenor voice, I immediately fell in love with this kind of music.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit of sacrifice. All this is well worth it because opera offers such deep sensations that they will remain in a heart for a lifetime.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music is a prerogative of those who are willing to spend time to study it, understand and love it, well aware of the fact that one life is not enough to improve just one single note of what has already been written and performed.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a writer who has a policy to allocate 90 percent of my time for research and the remaining 10 percent to write.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a time in my life when I used to plan elaborately; not anymore. I gave up when I realised nothing was going my way.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding.
- Endeavour
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the government has any courage, it will punish those at the top of failed banks. Accountability is critical in every area of human endeavour - there has to be a penalty for failure; otherwise, it's only a matter of time before the economic pain our banks have caused to so many innocent businesses and homeowners is forgotten.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it is right that government should have passed legislation that requires that relationships and sex education is taught in schools, but at the same time, I also agree that it is right that parents should be able to choose the moment at which their children become exposed to that information.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my own kids was in a class with a friend who had two mums, and that was absolutely normal right from a very young age. I think it's important that we absolutely accept equality in every area whilst at the same time respecting that parents may have concerns about how young their children are when they become aware of these things.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reality of government is we are all very busy day-to-day, and often, the discussions about very deeply held views on things - there isn't the time and space to do that.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here's the thing: I did one episode of Deep Space Nine, and I loved everybody that I worked with. People couldn't have been kinder... But I had a really, really difficult time with the prosthetics.
- Extending
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only time I've ever taken out a loan is for the building work I had done at our house and I did that by extending the mortgage.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Soap operas are like TV boot camp. You have to be able to self-direct, learn a ton of dialogue in a short amount of time, and deliver a performance in one or two takes.
- Good Relationships
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- Nov 07, 2020