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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- Half
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- Nov 07, 2020
The time necessary for the disappearance of half the atoms, called the half-life, is a fundamental characteristic of each radio-element; according to the substance, the value of the half-life varies between a fraction of a second and millions of years.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sports have always been a really important part of how I energize myself, as well as how I relax. I spend a lot of my spare time with my family playing tennis, biking and rollerblading.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in business at a time where there weren't very many female role models, and so in the early days, we wore little bow ties like the guys, and we talked about the Army even though we weren't in the Army. And the reality was that wasn't the right way to approach the business world.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd rather go to a flea market than just about anything. It's the process I like - the same with getting dressed. If I've got someplace to be, I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event. Sometimes. Even in my own closet, I love to dig and search and find.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't get dressed up every day. I'm very busy. I get really annoyed when people talk about me as a 'fashionista.' I get dressed up when I have to go out. Most of the time, I'm running around in jeans.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In America, it has been proven that the bulk of spending money is in the hands of women between 60 and 80, so it's so stupid. The people who do have the time and money to shop are either retired or empty-nesters.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the time I got to Northwestern University in 1930, I was a football bum more interested in being an All-Star player and signing on with a pro team than going after a newspaper job.
- Dying
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying.
- Haircut
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- Nov 07, 2020
Normally, I try to get my haircut when I'm in a developing country. Last time, it was in Vietnam.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think fitness and performance levels are the right indicators to determine if it's the time to leave the scene.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020