- Language
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not even speaking to people any more; I just want to be reading my Kindle the whole time!
- Nov 07, 2020
The repetition of the theatre means you've got the time to get deeply inside the person you're playing.
- Sleep
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find it so all-encompassing when acting that there's no room for anything else when you're in it; you're just locked into thinking about it all day, you go to sleep with it, wake up with it, and when I come back, I really need time to recover.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't see a lot of LGBTQ representation in period dramas because there was so much shame around it at the time. The stories that we tell about that time don't tend to focus explicitly on those sorts of characters, which is nonsense because they existed.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to learn new things, even though I might not master it. That takes a lot of time.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've spent a lot of time in L.A. and I love it. A lot of Brits can't stand the place, but I like the West Coast attitude and the way people celebrate success.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I do for a living means that people look at me. As an actress, you are scrutinized. You are not just dealing with your looks privately, you are on display. I have never been 100 percent comfortable in my own skin. I go through different phases. But I don't feel beautiful all the time, no.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I make my music to express everything I feel is necessary to communicate at a given time. Through music, I can express myself with statements that are more nuanced and more contradictory than factual details.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can be completely spontaneous, which is absolutely wonderful. I don't like it at the same time; no one wants to be nervous all the time, but that nervousness mixes with the excitement I feel on the stage, and it makes for a wonderful performance.
- Greedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm naturally greedy and would end up the size of a house if I ate all I wanted all of the time.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I write about things, it's a lot to do with sense memory. How things smell and taste can bring incredible memories flooding back and transport you in an instant to another time and place.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got to confess... I do feel slightly like I've been born in the wrong time.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020