- Innocence
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Cinema
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- Nov 07, 2020
Murnau is neck to neck with Bergman as my favorite director. He's responsible for some of the best images in cinema of all time, from 'Nosferatu' to 'Faust' to 'Sunset.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
After I made my first short film that wasn't terrible, people were interested in potentially developing a feature with me. Every time I read a script, it was a bizarre, too-dark, genre-less thing that no one wanted to make.
- Nov 07, 2020
I just wanted to be one of those actors who works at the National Theatre the whole time.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
The last time we had Freddy in reality was part two and Freddy sort of went out on his own.
- Action Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a time and place to watch an independent film, or catch up on a French action film on your laptop, or Netflix it, or download it, or watch it on-demand. But I think we also have to maintain the sacredness of the movie theatre as church - especially with event screenings.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to drive up from theatre in Michigan to Stratford, Ontario to watch every show. I idolized the actors from Stratford. I was very influenced by them because they would come down and work at my theatre and get time on their American Equity union cards.
- Camouflage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have very liberal parents. People forget that Fidel Castro was on the cover of 'Time' magazine, and the one that I remember the most - it's not necessarily my favorite - was when they dressed me as Castro when I was eight years old. I was in fatigues, camouflage hat, beard and cigar. I don't think I did that well with candy that year.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get a lot from all young people. I make movies for young people. If I made pictures for people my age, no one would see them. I hang with young people all the time.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don’t think I’ve got a problem with nostalgia, because a lot of the time things are self-referential.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, I love buying albums, I’m obsessed, but now you just click ‘add’, don’t you? And when do you actually listen to anything? You know, unless you’re in the car or you’ve got time to do that, it’s just not the same world any more in terms of concentration.
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
I’m really excited by science and technology and the whole social media thing. I think it’s fascinating. But at the same time I’m wary of bureaucratic systems and managers.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chance is the one thing you can't buy. You have to pay for it and you have to pay for it with your life, spending a lot of time, you pay for it with time, not the wasting of time but the spending of time.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think you end up doing the stuff you were supposed to do at the time you were supposed to do it.
- Glass
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- Nov 07, 2020
The formation of glass from the melting is like starting a clock. It resets the time for us to determine billions of years later.
- Bike
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of fans know that I love motorcycles. That's a big love of mine. I could spend days on the bike if I had the time.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Way, way, way back I played a little bit, but I am definitely not a golfer. You know, it just takes too much time anyway during the course of the day.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020