- 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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've made a lot of sacrifices. When I was younger, I didn't see my family. I'd go and train all the time, not seeing friends, leaving the country, and stuff like that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work a lot with blind people in my spare time outside of Unilever, and I count my blessings every day.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
People ask me, when was my best time? I always say, 'Today.'
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the idea of stepping back into another time period.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the time, I leave the camera on the obvious special effects, like the rubber bodies, so that it become obvious they're not real.
- Drafts
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a debilitating process, working with the studios. With the length of time it takes for drafts and development deals, your enthusiasm is gone before you're ready to make the film.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I met Seamus Heaney and Michael Longley on the same day in 1968. I was sixteen at the time. Very exciting. They were reading at Armagh. One of my teachers brought me to meet them, introduced me, and I became friends with them.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery. It has to have a smell. It's like falling in love. You can't give a reason why.
- Developmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
A key issue in developmental biology at that time was the problem of how cells underwent differentiation, with most workers concentrating on explanations in terms of changes in enzyme and gene regulation.
- Fruit
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a great time investigating the pigments of different mutant fruit flies by following experimental protocols published in Scientific American, and I also remember making my own beetle collection when it was still acceptable to make such collections.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any research project that I have undertaken.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020