- Music
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The answer is that I do want to climb Everest, but I don't want to go to Everest. I don't want to be cold. I can't take the time. It's just not practical.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the late 1990s, I was a guest on a private plane. By the time my partners and I got off the flight, we knew we had to figure out how to fly privately more often.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me - toasted and buttered on both sides.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's great disparity between who goes to college and who goes to jail. Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven.
- Better Off
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more everybody knows about all aspects of the problems we face, the better off all of us will be. Less time spent explaining things means more time for coming up with creative solutions.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to live in New York, and I know a number of people who have friends who work at galleries. I spent time hanging out with them, going to openings. It was a good way to do research, to hang out and to look at the art that was present.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are interested in writing, and often there's an unjustifiable sense of people to believe my talking to them for the book is going to accord them any sort of fame. Which it won't. At the same time, they can be more circumspect if they know they're on the record.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most important lesson my parents taught me is that writing is a job, one that requires discipline and commitment. Most of the time it's a fun job, a wonderful job, but sometimes it isn't, and those are the days that test you.
- Expects
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- Nov 07, 2020
Crime novels have a clear beginning, middle, and end: a mystery, its investigation, and its resolution. The reader expects events to play out logically and efficiently, and these expectations force the writer to spend a good deal of time working on macrostructure rather than prettifying individual sentences.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
I honestly believe there are good things happening in this world, and I'll spend most of my time trying to find them and bring them to light.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020