It Takes Time Quotes - Page 3

• It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Time, Shapes, Assuming

  "Earthly Paradise: Colette's Autobiography Drawn from the Writings of Her Life". Book by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, 1966.

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• It takes time to live. Like any work of art, life needs to be thought about.

  Albert Camus

  Time, Art, Needs

  Albert Camus (2012). “Happy Death”, p.74, Vintage

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• I don't like reading music. It's like learning a language. You can't read music proficiently overnight. It takes time, it's boring work.

  William Eggleston

  Reading, Language, Boring

  Source: entertainment.time.com

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• I’m not interested in blind optimism, but I’m very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that takes on darkness and then says, ‘This is not enough.’ But it takes time, more time than we can sometimes imagine, to get there. And sometimes we don’t.

  Colum McCann

  Optimism, Darkness, Sometimes

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• In the craziness of our world, it takes tremendous effort to find a quiet place. It takes time to quiet your mind and your heart before the Lord.

  Francis Chan

  Heart, Our World, Effort

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.213, David C Cook

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• I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time.

  Charles Bukowski

  Flower, I Hate You, Hands

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• We get paid for bringing value to the marketplace. It takes time,... but we get paid for the value, not the time.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Take Time, Marketplace

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 11, 2016

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• Interests evolve into hobbies or volunteer work, which grow into passions. It takes time, more time than anyone imagines.

  Po Bronson

  Life, Passion, Volunteer

  "What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question". Book by Po Bronson, November 29, 2005.

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• We keep quiet about what we read. Our enjoyment of a book remains a jealously guarded secret. Perhaps because there`s no need to talk, or because it takes time to distill what we've read before we can say anything. Silence is our guarantee of intimacy. We might have finished reading but we`re still living the book.

  Daniel Pennac

  Book, Reading, Silence

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• Islam was like a mental cage. At first, when you open the door, the caged bird stays inside: it is frightened. It has internalized its imprisonment. It takes time for bird to escape, even after someone has opened the doors to its cage.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Doors, Bird, Islam

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2008). “Infidel”, p.382, Simon and Schuster

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• It takes time for people to fall in love with you....but it’s inevitable

  Ian Brown

  Falling In Love, Love You, People

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• If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.

  Clive Owen

  People, Important, Age

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• Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience.

  Albert Camus

  Happiness, Time, Long

  Albert Camus (2012). “Happy Death”, p.43, Vintage

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• Debunking bad science should be constant obligation of the science community, even if it takes time away from serious research or seems to be a losing battle. One takes comfort from the fact there is no Gresham's laws in science. In the long run, good science drives out bad.

  Martin Gardner

  Running, Law, Long

  "The Night Is Large: Collected Essays, 1938-1995". Book by Martin Gardner (Introduction to Part III "Pseudoscience", p. 171), 1996.

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• The public school system: "Usually a twelve year sentence of mind control. Crushing creativity, smashing individualism, encouraging collectivism and compromise, destroying the exercise of intellectual inquiry, twisting it instead into meek subservience to authority." - Walter Karp, Editor Harper's Magazine
  The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Crush, Creativity, School

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• My experience in TV is that it takes time for shows to find their way.

  Nick Kroll

  Way, Tvs, Shows

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• People often ask themselves the right questions. Where they fail is in answering the questions they ask themselves, and even there they do not fail by much...But it takes time, it takes humility and a serious reason for searching.

  William Maxwell

  Humility, People, Serious

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• It's fun chasing boys, especially when you're young, but I think it takes time and life experience to notice the other boys.

  Reese Witherspoon

  Fun, Boys, Thinking

  "Reese Witherspoon Dishes on Her Worst Blind Date". Interview with Crystal Bell, www.seventeen.com. December 17, 2010.

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• It takes time--loose, unstructured dreamtime-- to experience nature in a meaningful way. Unless parents are vigilant, such time becomes a scarce resource, not because we intend it to shrink, but because time is consumed by multiple, invisible forces; because our culture currently places so little value on natural play.

  Richard Louv

  Meaningful, Play, Parent

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• For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself.

  Charles Kennedy

  Party, Government, Leader

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• Fulfilling your vision for the best year of your life requires thought and introspection. It is not much different than planning an awesome vacation. It takes time, discussion, planning, decision making, and an array of other skills.

  Debbie Ford

  Vacation, Best Years Of Your Life, Skills

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• The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Men, Liberty, Libertarian

  Thomas Jefferson, H. A. Washington (2011). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private”, p.126, Cambridge University Press

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• It takes time to learn to draw. It takes years, not a few weeks.

  Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero

  Week, Take Time

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Jesus was not famous in his day. If there were no Bible, there would have been no record of him. The record belongs to his four disciples; nobody else has ever mentioned him, whether he existed or not. He was not famous. He was not successful. Can you think of a greater failure than Jesus? But, by and by, he became more and more significant; by and by, people recognized him. It takes time.

  Rajneesh

  Jesus, Successful, Thinking

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• You've just got to get over that mental hurdle and those battles in your own head during matches when things aren't going so well. It takes time. It's probably all things I already knew, but for someone to talk about it maybe in a different way makes you realise things.

  Samantha Stosur

  Tennis, Battle, Different

  "Samantha Stosur Recaps Her 2011 U.S. Open Title Run". Interview with Long Island Tennis Magazine, longislandtennismagazine.com. September 12,2011.

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