- Mind
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Elders
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.
- Censored
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elders.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was so invested in ballet, and it was my entire life. And then it was realizing that I didn't want it to be my entire life forever. And then it was this very specific life, and I wanted to learn about other things. So I modeled to fill the time because dancing was very much a job, even when I was 14 years old.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in North Carolina, my mom was always just sort of my mom to me. I never really recognized her as a famous actress. I'm always thrilled when she's cleaning out her closet. Last time, I got a pair of boots that she bought in Paris 20 years ago. I have completely worn them out.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we look out into space, we're looking back in time; the light from a galaxy a billion light-years away, for instance, will take a billion years to reach us. It's an amazing thing. The history is there for us to see. It's not mushed up like the geologic record of Earth. You can just see it exactly as it was.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world. There was no choice but to be pioneers; no time to be beginners.
- Best Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.
- Little Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I have to spend a lot of time on planes, I try to think of this as time off. In certain ways, it's more restful than home: no Internet, no phones, no interruptions.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
On overnight flights, I have trained myself to get to sleep almost instantly after takeoff. I always listen to the same audiobook on my iPod so my brain knows, regardless of time zone, that that voice means it's time for bed.
- Borders
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- Nov 07, 2020