- History
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Foreign Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, my mum was doing illegal smuggling with China. Sometimes she would see a fortune teller for advice. One time I went with her: 'In your future, you'll be living in foreign country and eating the foreign country rice,' she said.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here in South Korea, I'm continuing to learn English in order to boost my prospects. When North Korean defectors try to get a job to stabilize their lives, their lack of English is a handicap. It was the same story while I was living in China. It took an enormous amount of time and enthusiasm to learn Chinese.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations.
- Struggle
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- Nov 07, 2020
My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to the enemy paying the highest price in the struggle.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have regrets I didn't spend more time with my family because I've lived my life to the full, and you can't look back in regret.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm free. So, every time you hear me, just know that I'm speaking as a liberated person.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing like watching Dr. Oz and working out at the same time; you feel like you're the healthiest human being on the planet.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville, their idea of what country music was was not the same as mine.
- Grammar School
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll band. I would say that at least 80 percent of my energy was involved with whatever band I was involved in.
- Dirty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just like a dirty, crumbling city. The Gotham I imagine is enticing and horrifying at the same time.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a big plethora of music floating around in my head all the time, and I'll sit there and write a song.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lead a very active lifestyle. When I am not working, I enjoy snowboarding in winter. I golf and swim in the summer months. However, trying to find the time to exercise when I am traveling is quite a challenge. I find myself working out at hotel gyms quite regularly - just so that I can keep up with my training.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more I act, the harder it gets, since I feel like I still have so much to learn. Whenever I embark on a new project, it always feels like the first time. If it were easy to me and I felt like I knew everything, my acting might have been different. I think the feeling of 'newness' keeps me on my toes and concentrated.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020