- Life
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're going to wake up early all the time, and you're working hard, and you're working out, sometimes you're going to get tired. It's OK. It's acceptable - somewhat. We're all human, unfortunately.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pace is different on a film set. It's slightly slower, allowing for a little more wiggle room. Sometimes there is a bit more room to explore and work on the floor. On a TV set, you really have to be ultra-prepared and ready to deliver because time is so tight. Not that you don't have to be prepared for film.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am such a sillybilly that I embarrass myself all the time.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent a lot of time in the White House in the public areas where reporters are allowed to go, but I spoke to people about the private quarters as well. Some of the things I learned were small, novelistic details. For example, the fact that there were still pet stains on the carpets from the Bush cats when the Obamas moved in.
- Exceeded
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mr. Romney is quick to uphold rules great and small. During primary debates, when his rivals spoke out of turn or exceeded their allotted time, he would sometimes lecture them. When supporters ask Mr. Romney to sign dollar bills or American flags, he refuses and often gives them a little lesson about why doing so is against the law.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due? Writer's block is having too much time on your hands.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's certainly my honor to be able to, hopefully, change the world a tiny bit, one mind at a time.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop every time I was distracted I could never get anything done.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have kept a steady focus on restoring public faith in our state government since taking office July 1. Now it is time to make even bigger and bolder gains through legislative action.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Managers, regardless of salary, should not be allowed to earn or use comp time. They are expected to work as many hours as needed to get the job done - especially at these salary levels.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Telling ourselves that fiction is in a sense true and at the same time not true is essential to the art of fiction. It's been at the heart of fiction from the start. Fiction offers both truth, and we know it's a flat-out lie. Sometimes it drives a novelist mad. Sometimes it energizes us.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any one's judgment, till I see the end of another year; for the Lord will begin with a new century; and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any man's judgment.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020