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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Bad Stuff
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see bad stuff on the street all the time that I don't do anything about. I do bad stuff myself all the time. The goal is not to somehow be perfect - that's silly, that's naive. The goal is to just recognize there are choices in front of us, and to try to make better ones.
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to talk about God in a literary way. But I think I would have a very hard time praying to God.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not worth getting too excited about thinking about the larger picture. The larger picture doesn't come into focus for an awfully long time.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I had my dreams crushed was when I was scammed, and somebody stole all of my magic props. I was a teenager, and I had put all my money into that. I had literally wanted to be the next David Copperfield. And that was all taken away.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book to read. Well, if it was painful to read, it was also painful to write. I had pains in my chest for two years while I was writing that book.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts and music, and drilling the children into useful labor. We're not valuing a child for the time in which she actually is a child.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of thousands of public schools were integrated racially. During that time the gap between black and white achievement narrowed.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority children typically represent 95 percent to 99 percent of class enrollment.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I keep one simple rule that I only move in one direction - I write the book straight through from beginning to end. By following time's arrow, I keep myself sane.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Right after 'The Wackness' came out, it was a really exciting time, and then it was a bit disappointing when it came out. Even though not that many people saw it, I was still getting offered some movies. I was thinking that people would just stop calling me since it didn't do very well at the box office.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in middle school, the librarian there was secretary for a couple of groups of professional writers. She introduced me to Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson, and I became very friendly with them over a period of two years. Both of them were very generous with their time, guidance and advice.
- Nov 07, 2020
But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.
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- Nov 07, 2020