It Takes Time Quotes - Page 6

• I was an emotional manipulator of fighters . . . You have to know how to be cold, you know? Just have no -emotions, no feelings. It takes time, though, to develop that. I'd been working on that since I was 12 years old. It doesn't happen overnight.

  Mike Tyson

  Emotional, Years, Feelings

  Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 23, 2009.

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• Our bodies are garbage heaps: we collect experience, and from the decomposition of the thrown-out eggshells, spinach leaves, coffee grinds, and old steak bones out of our minds come nitrogen, heat, and very fertile soil. Out of this fertile soil bloom our poems and stories. But this does not come all at once. It takes time. Continue to turn over and over the organic details of your life until some of them fall through the garbage of discursive thoughts to the solid ground of black soil.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Coffee, Fall, Black

  "Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within". Book by Natalie Goldberg, 1986.

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• Being a professional cricketer, you have to adapt to the conditions quickly. It takes time to get rhythm when you are constantly traveling from one country to another.

  Harbhajan Singh

  Country, Rhythm, Take Time

  FaceBook post by Harbhajan Singh from Dec 09, 2013

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• Around the world, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- what they did was hard. It takes time. It takes more than a single term. It takes more than a single president. It takes more than a single individual.

  Barack Obama

  President, World, Individual

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• It takes time and devotion to learn the language of color and lighting in the garden. Your tastes are sure to change over time, reflecting your inner evolution. Seeing the garden as a canvas for your celebration of Nature's palette is a wonderful expression of the soul's love of beauty and artistry. Your own inner intuition, however, is often your best teacher, but don't forget that Mother Nature will always have a few surprises up Her sleeve as well.

  Christopher McDowell

  Mother, Teacher, Garden

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• What I find really difficult is making career decisions. Normally it will take me two weeks, until the very last minute and I have to say yes or no. For a couple of weeks, I will tune everyone out who is giving me advice, so that I can make a clear decision on my own and it takes time.

  Paul Walker

  Couple, Careers, Two

  Source: www.fanpop.com

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• It takes time for change to take place. But then when huge changes are taking place, they are extraordinary. And it requires a kind of philosophical thinking, thinking in terms of epochs.

  Grace Lee Boggs

  Philosophical, Thinking, Kind

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• You just plant a few seeds, cultivate the shoots, and watch your career grow and branch out. It takes time and dedication. There are no overnight success stories in the music business!

  Christopher Tin

  Dedication, Careers, Watches

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• If you want success, you have to work hard at it and realize that it takes time; it doesn't come to you overnight.

  Vernon Davis

  Hard Work, Want, Realizing

  "Vernon Davis: The NFL Playoffs Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• It takes time to really get to know someone. Take the time because in the early months of a relationship, both parties are in the "selling" phase.

  Jeanne Phillips

  Women, Party, Phases

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• The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn't just happen. You don't wake up one day and discover you're a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player. It takes time.

  Alan Page

  Football, Successful, Player

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• It takes time,patience and endurance to become a devout Muslim. No one, not even God, expects anyone to become an angel overnight. That's fortunate, I thought, because I sensed that the road ahead might be a long one

  Kristiane Backer

  Angel, Long, Endurance

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• I think it's easy to forget just how massive the muscles in the legs are, and how much testosterone is released in your body when you make sure you work your legs hard. Some people's bodies just take a long time to grow, and if you're naturally thin there's no cheating. It takes time. Your body will only grow muscle at a certain rate for your genetics, so take your time and keep at it.

  Daniel Cudmore

  Cheating, Thinking, Long

  "Daniel Cudmore Interview by Meg Brown". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• It takes time to understand yourself, to go inside yourself and to question yourself and really take yourself to task. That's self-expression.

  John Leguizamo

  Self, Expression, Tasks

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The misery stayed, not thought about but aching away, and sometimes I would have to ask myself, Why do I ache? Men can get used to anything, but it takes time.

  John Steinbeck

  Men, Misery, Sometimes

  John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.125, Penguin

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