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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the time I was thirteen, there was a constant struggle between MGM and me - whether or not to eat, how much to eat, what to eat. I remember this more vividly than anything else about my childhood.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a long time, I think my family thought I was living in a $3 million mansion in the Hollywood Hills.
- Far Less
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes far less courage to kill yourself than it takes to make yourself wake up one more time. It's harder to stay where you are than to get out. For everyone but you, that is.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever' was inspired by a combination of my grandson, my son, and myself - all those times when each of us has decided that we're just not going to get into trouble anymore. But it's so hard to be good all of the time!
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The years that remain are clearly limited. When you're 80, you attend a lot more funerals. A lot more people are having a hard time and are ill.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually sat down and started three Alexanders at the same time. Two of them went in the trash and got stomped on because I hated the idea so much. And the one I came up with, I got very excited by. And that's 'Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever'.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids are always writing me: 'I had a bad day too.' 'I got gum in my hair.' And the kids also write to me to pass on advice to Alexander. My favorite one of those being, 'The next time you have a bad day, blame your brothers.' I didn't expect this. It's certainly the most successful of my books.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
Research has shown time and time again that infants who receive the high-quality child care and early education programs do better in school, have more developed social skills, and display fewer behavior problems.
- Said
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first time in front of a camera, I said, 'Wonder Woman, I'm so glad you're here.' That's how I made a living.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
You get further if you let your mind run free and do whatever you fancy at that particular time. I don't agree with planning far ahead and saying, 'this week I'm doing this, that week I'm doing that.'
- Today
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- Nov 07, 2020
The country needs the political work of women today as much as it has ever needed woman in any other work at any other time.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020