- Know
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young I was one of the second generation of black people in Holland. My father was the first. My mother was white, and living with a black man at that time and having a how-you-say half-caste boy is not easy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despite living in an increasingly digital world, there are a few things I still like to keep as physical reminders. So every time I see an exhibition, I make a pit stop at the museum gift shop to buy a postcard of something that inspired me.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it would be wrong to consider 'Ashes and Fire' a love album. The record is obsessed with time. I believe that there is a kinder view of the self on this record.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful... a pathos and mythos at the same time.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I've been incredibly raw my whole career. A lot of people spend a lot of time trying to look cool and spend time being guarded and putting up walls. I just never had the time. It seems more honest to say, 'Hey, this is who I am.'
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the fantasy of rock & roll, it's a vulnerable place to be in, it's a huge thing to do.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoyed my time in Germany, I definitely rate the league as it develops well and you have quite a lot of teams that play good football.
- Capabilities
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- Nov 07, 2020
I imagine a day, some time in the not too distant future when children and teenagers will be able to create their own genetically engineered machines, cure the diseases of the old and find new ways to build and extend the capabilities of humanity, moving from programming software to programing the physical world, through biology.
- Appreciate
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American society around me looked at me and saw Japanese. Then, when I was 19, I went to Japan for the first time. And suddenly - what a shock - I realized I wasn't Japanese; they saw me as American. It was an enormous relief. Now I just appreciate being exactly in the middle.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think that all writing is in search of lost time. I'm starting to realise that very clearly.
- Who
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inspiration comes from everything from the entire world, and it's hard to pinpoint one thing. I can trace one inspiration to the writing of 13th-century Zen master Dogen Zenji, who writes beautifully about time.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is solitary. You spend so much time alone and in your own mind, telling stories.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am really interested in the way we relate to time. In particular, the way readers and writers talk to each other. Casting your voice out into the future is very beautiful to me.
- Hard Way
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- Nov 07, 2020