- Myself
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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't stay at the job for safe salary increases over time. That will never get you where you want - freedom from financial worry. Only free time, imagination, creativity, and an ability to disappear will help you deliver value that nobody ever delivered before in the history of mankind.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
At that speed, batsmen are almost trying to premeditate where the ball will be - they feel like they don't have time to react or move. That's the difference between bowling in the mid-80s and the mid-90s.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time Stuart Broad walked into the dressing room, with his flowing blond hair, striking blue eyes and perfect figure, I thought: 'My God, she's beautiful.'
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lord's is such a special place and to get my first and now my 500th wickets here is something that will live with me for a long time.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've spoken to people who have retired once they lost the enjoyment of a long day in the field or going to the gym. If I lose that, it's time to go.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being away so much makes you treasure those moments you are at home, spending time with your family.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember playing a Twenty20 game in Australia in 2007 and Matthew Hayden smacked one back at me. My head goes down as I follow through and as I looked up I just saw this white flash pass about an inch from the side of my head. If it had been a touch straighter I would not have had time to react and who knows what could have happened.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is easy to get carried away in this Twenty20 era and think Test cricket has to be entertaining all the time.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Partnerships are not just about bowling in tandem all the time. It all is about helping the other guy get in the right frame of mind.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have very vivid memories of my parents talking about Nixon, my mom watching Watergate on the black-and-white set in the living room. The mayor at the time in Philadelphia was a guy named Frank Rizzo - a Democrat, a real bully, a racist.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't get me wrong: politicians have been lying for a long time, long before Donald Trump was born, but the degree of just nonstop rage, grievance, prevarication, I haven't seen, probably because we haven't had a direct line from a politician's id to the public before.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to spend less time with the phone when the kids are awake in general. I need to get better about that. It's a perennial New Year's resolution.
- Jump
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- Nov 07, 2020