My Time Quotes - Page 35

• Student is #1. If a student comes to me and needs an hour after class of my time, I am going to give him everything without hesitation.

  Jake Anderson

  Class, Giving, Needs

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• I don't do filler songs. I don't get them. They don't make any sense to me. Why would I literally waste my time on a song that doesn't hold up to the same standards as the other songs on the album? I won't play it live.

  Betty Who

  Song, Play, Albums

  "Your Next Pop Obsession: Betty Who". Interview with Seth Plattner, www.elle.com. August 5, 2013.

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• The age was still dark and reeked of the havoc and misfortunes of the Goths who had put all good literature to destruction. But, by God's goodness, in my time light and dignity were returned to letters, and I see there such improvement that today I would have great difficulty being admitted to the most elementary classes--I, who in my time was reputed to be (and not wrongly) to be the most knowledgeable person of the century.

  Francois Rabelais

  Education, Knowledge, Dark

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• And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant and profitable reflections?

  Michel de Montaigne

  Book, Reading, Reflection

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• I am back in LA now. And I keep thinking back to my time in New York after the bombings.... I was crying so much I could not see, and the other diners joined in, and I thought, What do you do with such atheistic evil?

  Ben Stein

  New York, Thinking, Evil

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• My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my cellmates about white supremacy and how to fight against it.

  Nelson Mandela

  Teaching, Fighting, White

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• Married life is a simpler life. Who I spend my time with is established in advance.

  Bill Gates

  Married, Life Is, Married Life

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• I spent most of my time in my room staring at a mirror. I never knew I was supposed to socialize. I just spent hours making faces at myself, having a good time.

  Jim Carrey

  Mirrors, Rooms, Faces

  "New Again: Jim Carrey". Interview with Betsy Borns, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 28, 2014.

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• I've played lots of villains in my time and I think the reason they've been so successful is that they're not two-dimensional. They're not black and white. That's the gig.

  Mark Strong

  Successful, Black And White, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm a people person when I'm out, but I'm a homebody. I like my time and peace and quiet.

  Kid Cudi

  People, Quiet, Homebodies

  "Complex's Kid Cudi Cover Story: The Uncut Interview Outtakes". Interview with Joe La Puma, www.complex.com. August 15, 2009.

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• I would rather be old for a shorter time than be old before my time.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Self, Age, Lifetime

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• Come near; I would, before my time to go,
  Sing of old Eire and the ancient ways:
  Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days.

  William Butler Yeats

  Rose, Proud, Red

  William Butler Yeats (2000). “The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats”, p.23, Wordsworth Editions

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• I would spend my time telling stories or writing them.

  Robert Mugabe

  Writing, Stories, Telling Stories

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I put all of my time into art because I couldn't go back to Jersey and work at Starbucks.

  Ryan McGinley

  Art, Jersey, Starbucks

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Anything that I've put my name to and my face to and put my time into, is something that I'm clearly passionate about, or I wouldn't be there.

  Eric Stonestreet

  Names, Passionate, Faces

  Source: collider.com

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• I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Feelings

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Mortality”, p.8, Hachette UK

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• A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference.

  John Hodgman

  Book, Reading, Antiques

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It was time to expect more of myself. Yet as I thought about happiness, I kept running up against paradoxes. I wanted to change myself but accept myself. I wanted to take myself less seriously -- and also more seriously. I wanted to use my time well, but I also wanted to wander, to play, to read at whim. I wanted to think about myself so I could forget myself. I was always on the edge of agitation; I wanted to let go of envy and anxiety about the future, yet keep my energy and ambition.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Letting Go, Running, Ambition

  Gretchen Rubin (2015). “The Happiness Project (Revised Edition): Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun”, p.8, HarperCollins

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• Reading was like an addiction; I read while I ate, on the train, in bed until late at night, in school, where I'd keep the book hidden so I could read during class. Before long I bought a small stereo and spent all my time in my room, listening to jazz records. But I had almost no desire to talk to anyone about the experience I gained through books and music. I felt happy just being me and no one else. In that sense I could be called a stack-up loner.

  Haruki Murakami

  Book, Reading, School

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Oct 09, 2015

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• I may be older and wiser, I may have lived another life since then, but I know that when my time eventually comes, the memories of that day will be the final images that float through my mind. I still love her, you see, and I‟ve never removed my ring. In all these years I‟ve never felt the desire to do so.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Memories, Years, Mind

  Nicholas Sparks (2000). “A Walk to Remember”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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• ...spend my time warring and whoring, that's what I was made for.

  George R. R. Martin

  Made

  George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.317, Bantam

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• I know my time will come soon enough, but I will not dwell on it. What is the purpose? We might as well dwell on the work of our teeth or on the mechanics of our walk. It is there, it will always be there, and I don't intend to spend my glorious hours looking over my shoulder to see death's icy face.

  Alberto Manguel

  Soon Enough, Teeth, Purpose

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• I want to have the memories of my time with you to keep me warm.

  Abbi Glines

  Memories, Want, Time With You

  Abbi Glines (2013). “Breathe”, p.68, Simon and Schuster

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• It is my time. The time of maximum ride.

  James Patterson

  Maximum Ride, Maximum

  James Patterson (2012). “Maximum Ride: Nevermore”, p.344, Random House

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• Gods? Don't let that impress you. Anyone can be a god if they have enough worshippers. You don't even have to have powers anymore. In my time I've seen theatre gods, gladiator gods, even storyteller gods - you people see gods everywhere. Gives you an excuse for not thinking for yourselves. God is just a word. Like Fury. like demon, Just words people use for things they don't understand. Reverse it and you get dog. It's just as appropriate.

  Joanne Harris

  Dog, Thinking, People

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