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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ability and willingness to keep two opposing views in mind at the same time are hallmarks of adulthood.
- Nov 07, 2020
I spend much of my time in a broadly liberal secular world but I don't belong to it, I belong somewhere else.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have any ambitions. I am looking forward to retiring, or at least having more time. When I was young I wanted more stuff, now I am older, I want more time.
- Collaboration
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- Nov 07, 2020
Were there contacts over time between Iraq and al-Qaeda? Yes, there were efforts made to communicate. We found no evidence of collaboration in any effort to mount any kind of operation against the United States' interests.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've got a daunting enough task to provide a definitive account of what happened in 9/11, without fear or favor, something that will last and will survive criticism over time. And we think we can do that with integrity in a bipartisan report.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was miserable in West Side Story. They really miscast me. I came from the Midwest; what they really needed was a guy that was street smart. The first time I saw the movie, I had to walk out. I looked like the biggest fruit that ever walked on to film. My character was so weak.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes a big voice a long time to develop properly; the bigger it is, the harder it is to develop the technique.
- Financial Resources
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through the right people focusing on the right things, we can, in time, get on top of a lot if not most of the problems of this world. And that's what a number of us are trying to do.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: get there on time. Whether it is a meeting, a flight, an appointment or a date, it's important to ensure you are there when you say you will be there. This may feel like an old-fashioned tip to give, but it has served me well for five decades in business.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always find the time to exercise - kitesurfing, tennis or cycling - and to spend time with my loved ones.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although I've been living in the British Virgin Islands for some time now, I have never stopped caring passionately about the U.K. and its great people.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020