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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quotes where time plays a role - the surprising history behind common words, warnings about how quickly secrets become outdated once discovered, and fond memories of early scientific curiosity encouraged by family.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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I just get over-excited. I see the pitch and I think, 'I have to get this wicket.' When I am just looking to bowl, I am calm and composed, and most of the time I get it right. The ball lands where I want it to.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't become the leading spinner of the team by just talking. You have to perform well consistently over a long period of time. I have bowled well and won games for India. That is why I am the No. 1 spinner. Every time I have taken the field, I have given my 100%.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're young, you want to live fast, but you definitely don't want to die young. At the same time, you want to do things in slow, progressive manner that will benefit you in the future. Don't jump into things.
- Morality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like moral judgment to emerge from the reader. We are being sold a very simplistic morality by our leaders at a time when nuance and understanding are at a premium.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The meaning of art in a time of suffering, a time of war, is much more intense. People are more focused.
- Every Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time has its own 'Hamlet.'
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our first challenge is to ensure safety of pilgrims, and we will use modern technology for that. We will strengthen our telecom network and will provide special mobile apps to the pilgrims at the time of registration.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head. I usually start writing a new book around January, and it's due October 1.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything.
- Nov 07, 2020
In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I love the twist. I love to fool you once, I love to fool you twice, and on the very last page, quite often - very last paragraph sometimes - I like to just play with your perception one more time in a way that makes everything that came before just a little bit different.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman's 'Marathon Man.' That was the first adult thriller that I loved. I read it when I was 15 or so, when my father gave it to me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.
- Documentation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
- Aesthetic
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- Nov 07, 2020
What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles... It is in our own time that we have become aware of pure aesthetic considerations. Art never can be imitation.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020