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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that will lead to permanent benefits?
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Games are not so bad because the adrenalin keeps you going, but training on a daily basis when every time you move it hurts, that is a real battle.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Really, at a time when they're debating when and where a nativity scene can be used, this is the kind of stuff we need to have out there - outside of the church.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
More fundamentally, it is a dream that does not die with the onset of manhood: the dream is to play endlessly, past the time when you are called home for dinner, past the time of doing chores, past the time when your body betrays you past time itself.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been lucky to have great coaching, great teammates, and a desire to keep getting better. That, slowly over time, helped me grow from an average high school player to the NBA.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Living with the liberals, you get to hear their arguments, fight with them all the time. Keeps me alert.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wandered along to the chemistry labs, more or less on the rebound, and asked about becoming a research student. It was the '60s, a time of university expansion: the doors were open, and a 2:1 was good enough to get me in.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an old man of 73, and I've been around a long time. If I don't know something by now, I probably never will.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved my time in Congress, but people who spend all of their time planning to run for office have very few useful skills to deploy when they finally get there.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
We couldn't get the car back until well after the end of the race and we had very little time for repairs.
- Disappointment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously the first sentiment is disappointment that we didn't get the car home and more disappointment that at the time that it stopped the car was in the lead.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020