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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a long time, I've had to hustle. If a film role is obviously great, then it's been difficult for me to get a look-in.
- Long Time
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For a long time, I didn't give anything my all. I was so afraid that I'd be crap, so I held myself back.
- Difficult Thing
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Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune, in time with a good sound that's already high level. Those three are the main things.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shopping for clothes is time consuming, it's tiring, and it can feel like a waste of an autumn afternoon.
- Kitchen
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a theory that because my kitchen is small, you can't preheat an oven and deal with dough at the same time, although maybe it's just that I'm a bad baker.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fashion has underscored the interchangeability of men for a long time, maybe from the outset.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
Children's books deal in idealized worlds, so they're a document of how our notion of ideal worlds has changed over time.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every sense has the power to transport us through time, but it's taste I find the most mysterious, and writing about it often results in tortured metaphors.
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a long time, I thought that I was an enlightened parent by virtue of being an enlightened person. What a fool.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work when I'm alone, but I have children and a family and a job, so alone time is at a premium.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole of ancient astrology owed its origin to conversation with the cosmic intelligences. But by the time of the first centuries after the rise of Christianity, ancient astrology - that is to say, conversation with cosmic intelligences - was a thing of the past.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Failure to take note of the fact that the character of twentieth-century humanity differs from that of humanity in the fifteenth century, let alone before and at the time of the Mystery of Golgotha, is to sleep through the process of world evolution.
- Autumn
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a time in the last few days of summer when the ripeness of autumn fills the air.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
On September 11, 2001, we thought we were going to be attacked many, many times between then and now. We haven't been. I believe we had a president who made the right decision at the right time... to put us on offense against terrorists.
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- Nov 07, 2020