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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me the most moving moment came when I first started working on 2001. I was already in awe of him, and he had very much already become Stanley Kubrick by the time the film started.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I play a recurring role for a character named Doctor Imo. I assist the villain and show up from time to time.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember doing my first school play. We were doing 'Oliver Twist,' and I was cast as Oliver. It was the first time I ever felt brave and confident and truly happy about something.
- Hamburgers
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- Nov 07, 2020
I eat hamburgers all the time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm sort of a gym buff. It's a stress relief for me. But I only go for 20 minutes at a time.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that, in addition of the intersection of media and technology, there has also been an intersection between technology and finance, which is something I find a little closer to home, seeing as I spend so much time covering Wall Street banks.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm playing, I play what I want, but I make sure that the crowd is going to love it at the same time. It's like a balancing act, a mix of two, a perfect circle... if you do it right.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm my own stylist. Always! I don't wanna hire someone to chose what I should wear. At the same time, I do always wanna wear some crazy clothes.
- London
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nando's - boom! That's what I'm thinking of whenever I'm in London. I go there every time.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 18 years old, I had a Saturday job working in a clothing store on London's Bond Street. I would fold T-shirts for ten hours at a time and get paid £19 for the privilege.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm good at winding up British people, but Americans are slightly different. A lot of them are more stoical. They're harder to get a reaction out of more of the time.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very fortunate in that I don't have money problems. I have lunch with my wife at home. I don't have to commute, so I have much more time with my family.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a practical problem about time and energy, and a more subtle problem of what it does to a writer's head, to continually analyze why they write, where it all comes from, where it's going to.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now when I look back to the Guildford of that time, it seems far more exotic to me than Nagasaki.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory movies. I also thought if I was ever going to write something strange and difficult, that was the time.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time answering weird questions on book tours in the Midwest. People would stand up and explain to me the situation in their office and ask me whether they should resign or not.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020