- 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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, to be honest, this is a useful time to not be knowing what I'll be doing in 2013 or 2014, because really, for the last however many years, I've known what I've been doing for years and years ahead. You get into a cycle of non-reflection, and that gets a bit scary.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent a little time in Germany as a schoolboy learning German, and it's a country I knew very well, spent a lot of time in. I knew the history very well. I've always wanted to do a piece of work about the post-war period, of one sort or another.
- First Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time a consumer walks into a retail store, experiences the Nokia experience for the first time and purchases that product. Those are the moments where you say, 'We've hit it. We've nailed it.'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although we will both die, and life is utterly meaningless, my time is vastly more important than yours.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a nation, it's time to put politics aside and do the right thing to protect innocent little babies.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
To make a kung fu film is like a dream come true, because I'm a big fan of kung fu movies and I'm learning kung fu for a long time.
- Nov 07, 2020
I did learn Chinese kung-fu in a school for a short time, but I couldn't afford to pay for long-term learning.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was an actor in some movies a long time ago, I was so curious about all the camera movements - why is the camera placed here, and why does it move like this? And why the set and the background, the color? It's a lot of questions for me to ask, because I was so interested, not only in acting, but also the whole process of filmmaking.
- Nov 07, 2020
I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.
- Inspirational
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to make up stuff in my bio all the time, that I used to be a professional ice-skater and stuff like that. I found it so inspirational. Why not make myself cooler than I am?
- Free Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I had free time to go to Los Angeles to shoot a movie, I would rather spend it with my kids.
- Comedy Central
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I met Jon Stewart was at the press conference that Comedy Central held to announce Jon would be the new host of 'The Daily Show,' which back then was not called 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.'
- Nov 07, 2020
Those three years ended with June 1933. At that time I left Princeton, having submitted my Ph.D. thesis.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first did 'Moby,' I didn't realize how taxing it would be. I was climbing fifty feet up in the air and climbing down. Literally, it's so busy, you feel you're on a ship. You're always moving; you're constantly adding clothes or taking them off, and there are many people on stage all the time!
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020