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“At the time of [Richard Yates's] death the novel [Uncertain Times] was perhaps two-thirds finished: about 250 pages of narrative in various stages of revision.”
Richard Yates (1926–1992) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chapter 18, "A cheer for realised men: 1988-1992", at p.594
“But then as time passed, I learned the lesson that parents do early on. You fail sometimes. No matter how much you love your children, there are times you slip. There are moments you can't give, stutter, lose your temper, or simply lose face with the world, and you can't explain this to a child. (p236)”
Louise Erdrich (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The culture has changed, and times have changed, you know, the whole thing about being queer has changed entirely. So then I was the bad boy, a self-proclaimed homosexual choreographer. In the early ‘80s I said I was gay all the time because it was important politically.”
Mark Morris (choreographer) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his past reputation of being the “bad boy” in dance in “Dancing Happily Around All Topics” in The New York Times (2013 Jun 6)
“I'm watching a romantic play in Plato's cave; half the time I don't believe in it... Other times I'm so addicted I'm one of the mainliners... hallucinating that in truth a man's body is one of the Absolute Forms. I look around when the houselights come on and see no one!”
Julia Alvarez (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A lot of times I would play a lot of roles a man would play…In One Million Years B.C.—yes, the costume was revealing. But I was outdoors all the time, I was fighting to survive, there was a girlfight. I was participating, it was physical, and I was independent. I wasn’t that pushover kind of a girl. And I think that left an impression.”
Raquel Welch (1940–2023) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how she felt her roles were masculine in “Body of Work: Screen Siren Raquel Welch Gets Her Lincoln Center Retrospective” in The Observer (New York, February 7, 2012)
“I like to think of it as like watching The Godfather...You might have seen it 1,000 times, but when it comes on it makes you stop. Each time you see it, you find something different. That’s what I want people to get from my music.”
Rubén Blades (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Often, still, my own life story feels fragmented, like beads unstrung. Each time I scoop up my memories, the assortment is slightly different. I worry, at times, that I’ll always be lost inside. I worry that I’ll be forever confused.”
Clemantine Wamariya (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have heard that a number of times in my life. "You guys should get over it, it happened a long time ago." You cannot get over it if you are still in the same circumstance as a consequence of what happened a hundred years ago. You cannot get over it if you are still in exactly the same relationship as you were a hundred years ago. Some try to keep their trees and some try to take them.”
Winona LaDuke (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“First, do not be invested in the market all the time. There are many times when I have been completely in cash, especially when I was unsure of the direction of the market and waiting for a confirmation of the next move. Second, it is the change in the major trend that hurts most speculators.”
Jesse Lauriston Livermore (1877–1940) said by 1940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The people demand of you that you be equal to these great historical times, that you sacrifice all other considerations, that you offer your utmost abilities, that you act at this time as men who are independent, who have no personal ties and obligations, men of supreme moral and national consciousness.”
Jaroslav Kvapil (1868–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world has already seen many war crimes. At different times. On different continents. But it is time to do everything possible to make the war crimes of the Russian military the last manifestation of such evil on earth.”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The basic characteristics noted have been confirmed many other times in various ways. Still, there appears to be no method to validate such evidence except by personal experience and observation by others. Perhaps this will come, in time.”
Robert Monroe (1915–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is pretty much one of those roles that had me pinching myself all the way through the shoot. I got to shoot a big-budget, shamelessly old-fashioned romantic epic set against one of the most turbulent times in my native country's history, while, at the same time, celebrating that country's natural beauty, its people, its cultures... I'll die a happy man knowing I've got this film on my CV.”
Hugh Jackman (born 1968) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Big Down Under". Evening Herald. (11 December 2008).
“I am done with the clichéd heroine roles. I can’t go to work without a challenge. I want to do films that drive me, films in which I am a part of the main plot. There are times when I’ve watched the final outcome of a film and wondered what was going on. I get tired of coming up with the same expressions. When I have to be sad, I tell myself ‘okay, time to use expression number 5’.”
Samantha Ruth Prabhu (born 1987) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Samantha: I am done with clichéd heroine roles". The Hindu. (May 31, 2016).
“Indeed, if we compare the United States with us, the American empire is hundreds, even thousands of times stronger than us in terms of economy, quantity and quality of weapons and military equipment, when the war just started. But America is absolutely weaker than us in politics, culture, and at the same time inferior to us in science and military art.”
Lê Duẩn (1907–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And we know that Burnouts are prone to fighting; it’s just a matter of time before they attack us.” Channing had heard these reports a hundred times. He had tried to explain that they were inventing imaginary dangers because no real ones threatened.”
Ken Wharton wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When times are difficult it is time to meet Christ more and more. There is never a point where you can say I know Christ and now I will go do something else. Christ is not a program.”
Christian Lépine (born 1951) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Montreal Auxiliary Bishop Christian Lépine succeeds Cardinal Turcotte as archbishop of Montreal (22 March 2012)
“In these tumultuous times, I keep returning to James Baldwin’s essays and in particular to his Notes of a Native Son. He reminds me of the importance of holding on to two seemingly contradictory ideas at the same time: staying committed to the struggles against injustices while keeping one’s heart free of hatred and despair.”
Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“PT boats are very, very, in many ways, very fine to keep at sea at long times and do varied jobs. Well, since D-day, my boats have been out here in the line from 10 to 14 days at a time. We often run out of food, we have trouble with the weather, but the boys are taking it fine. I think we've done the hardest thing of all, kept on our toes for whatever might have happened.”
John D. Bulkeley (1911–1996) first seen 1944 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Activities of PT boats in Normandy Invasion" (1944)
“There's no formula. Keep busy with your work and your life. Keep the person in your heart all the time. Replay the good times. Be grateful for the years you had.”
Betty White (1922–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The removal from among us of a public man of exceptional capacity and marked personality still in the prime of life, is at any time a tragedy. The sense of loss on personal and public grounds, and the inevitable diminution of the effective influence which at all times so essentially depends on the winning personality of the individual, are keen and real.”
Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887–1952) first seen 1937 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 26 October 1937, Speech at the laying of the foundation-stone of the Sir Fazl-i-Hussain Memorial at Lahore, also quoted in Speeches and Statements of the Marquess of Linlithgow, p. 102.
“The message of the Gospel continues to be a novelty in our times and has the ability to respond to all the problems of today's society, since it can adapt to the circumstances of time and place as long as people do not allow themselves to be suffocated by material goods.”
Júlio Duarte Langa (1927–2026) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'Live in the Presence of This Good God,' Cardinal Júlio Duarte Langa; Maputo, Mozambique (19 February 2015) America
“We want authentic dialogue, not a monologue to gain time, as seen in the past many times; it should be dialogue that seeks the common good.”
César Bosco Vivas Robelo (1941–2020) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: OAS Observer in Nicaragua, the Bishops call for authentic dialogue (26 October 2016) Fides News Agency
“I can't say it was tough because I have been so blessed. Honestly, my tough times would be a dream to someone else. I never will look at it as something that was too hard for me or really tough because throughout that time, I was still enjoying my life and still in the NFL.”
Geno Smith (born 1990) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: During weekly media session, when asked on if his time as a backup quarterback frustrated him (December 8, 2022).
“Most African leaders have signed the Paris Climate Agreement; now it is time for our leaders to back up their commitments with urgent actions. Most times, our leaders don’t take immediate actions – not until things have gone beyond control. As the days pass by, we are approaching 2050 – a point of no return – and the elastic limit of climate action. We must act now”
Adenike Oladosu (born 1994) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: INTERVIEW | My climate action campaign has just begun – Adenike Oladosu,11 June 2019
“Growing up in Nigeria I have known malaria forever and experienced the disease countless times, so I understand how this disease robs so many children of their ability to go to school and why malaria is a major cause of school absenteeism. I have also lost many loved ones to malaria and that’s why I’m here – because we can end one of the biggest, preventable killer diseases of all time.”
Yemi Alade (born 1989) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: NIGERIAN AFRO-POP SINGER YEMI ALADE JOINS THE DRAW THE LINE CAMPAIGN, Zero Malaria, retrieved 10 December 2022.
“We need to improve efficiency and reduce transit times for cargo coming from the port. At the same time, we have a role to play at the regional level in supporting infrastructure such as ports, waterways, roads and rail, because we benefit from it.”
Diane Karusisi (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I make up my mind, I don’t regret it. Even if I am meeting a person for the first time, I would be so open. I am very sincere. You may betray my trust many times and I will ignore all. But once my mind is made up about you, there is nothing anyone can do to convince me otherwise.”
Rachel Oniga (1957–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Domestic violence is terrible. Most times, we need a break to see and know if we really want to stay in such marriage or change the situation. Yes, women are that powerful to end domestic violence. I am sure it is the most terrible time he (my husband) has passed through. I also took a lot of steps and stopped so many annoying things”
Bose Alao (born 1985) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/fears-husband-job-bose-alao-omotoyosi/amp/
“Social media is overwhelming but I take it one day at a time and I ask my brother for tips at times to know what’s trending. One has to be thirsty (for knowledge) to stay relevant by using social media positively because there is a lot of negativity there”
Dakore Egbuson-Akande (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m free-spirited. I don’t take anything to heart, except it’s my career, humanity and relationship with God. I try to take life one step at a time, I have the biggest dreams and that’s really who I am. I am fun and I can be very serious at times. Altogether, I’m an amazing and interesting person.”
Ifu Ennada (born 1992) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/my-struggle-with-depression-suicidal-thoughts-ifu-ennada-ex-bbnaija-housemate/amp/
“I am totally heartbroken but at the same time so proud of our “Extra Super” Falcons today. In spite of all the hardship and at times inhuman mistreatment, they have put Nigeria back up in world Football. God bless them all!”
Sunday Oliseh (born 1974) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nigeria vs England: I’m totally heartbroken – Sunday Oliseh. Daily Post, 7 August 2023.
“My lawyer in 2008 had been after me for a long time to set up diversionary accounts for estates purposes, the theory being that you don't have all your eggs in one basket. We put the house in it, the cars in it, the jewellery in it... [It was done] in case you fall on hard times, then creditors can't grab everything.”
Michael Mastro (born 1925) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the trail of Michael Mastro: how to flee the law when you are 87 (23 June, 2023)
“Since I was a young girl, times have changed, but when I was a little girl, I would play with the boys and I was the only girl in the team, but I had a great time.”
Daniëlle van de Donk (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's sad because there are women who are making it through hard work and just going through the way life is. So, people shouldn't judge quickly but at the same time, at the end of the day, people also have their own opinions. Most at times, some of these opinions are not true...People should just mind their own business.”
MzVee (born 1992) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mind your own business - MzVee to critics of Jackie Appiah, Ghana Web, 1 July 2022.
“Academics want to be free to push their ideology at all times, but they also want to be free of democratic oversight. I hope to reverse that. I hope that the opposite becomes true over time.”
Christopher Rufo (born 1984) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why Diversity Programs Need to Be ELIMINATED" (at 12m43s), Triggernometry, 17 September 2023.
“It was for a moment. I released an EP called Ga Mashi during that moment, so it makes sense to be that persona for that moment. If I've gone past that project and released an EP called For Times We Lost that is very Afrobeats/HipHop, whu do I keep doing that? All this is intentional, I like to be different persona with every project I put out. I love to stay different all the time.”
Cina Soul (born 1996) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: My style of dressing is inspired by my projects - Cina Soul, Ghana Web, 25 December 2022.
“I have indeed enjoyed it, I just wish I got company on one of the times would be nice. It’s a long way on open roads with the wind today, but it’s good time trial practice. You’ve got to gamble and just try, we’ve got to keep the attacks coming because we’re lacking that strength for the GC, so maybe one day it will go to the finish, but you never know”
Emilia Fahlin (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The most important thing an author can do is to be authentic, to be true to the times and the character - what the character would say and do. To be called “Black” during Mary’s time would have been an insult.”
Victoria Christopher Murray wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You have to stay fresh and roll with the times so that you can remain relevant at all-time.”
“Being a queen is not an easy task because you have to always be at your best in terms of dressing, walking, speaking, sitting, wearing a smile at all times. That’s challenging and at the same time great. I must say that I enjoyed the ride.”
Isabella Ayuk (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is not my first time to appear here. I have come here three or four times before. It behoves to come and share the light on what I know on that investigation.”
Catherine Mturi-Wairi (born 1970) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Catherine Mturi-Wairi said (Star, 11 April 2019)
“A lot of times it can feel like creators need outside validation to celebrate a piece but taking the time to reflect on the work you’ve done with a positive outlook on what you loved, what you’d want to do more of, and how you’d like to continue honing your craft can help give space to overcome a creative block.”
Elizabeth Agyemang (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have come here to tell world leaders that this is the time to act, and it is a real climate emergency,” she began confidently. “When I was born, our leaders had already met 16 times in the COP and already knew about the bad effects of climate change.... So why should I come here, why should I speak here? I have to go back to my school, I have to play, I have to study….”
Licypriya Kangujam (born 2011) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Indian 8-year-old challenges world leaders to act on climate change at COP25 in Madrid The Hindu (December 11, 2019)
“...When I first started writing I was so worried that people wouldn’t understand me, and that definitely happened at times but what I’ve learned is that I am not for everyone and that’s okay. And maybe I’m right for someone but just not at that time in their life...”
Jenny Lawson (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My biggest prayer was for peace and that peace would come as soon as possible. I can say that more people attended Mass during that time than during the normal times.”
Marko Sopi (1938–2006) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Catholic Bishop Welcomes NATO As Orthodox Tell Milosevic to Quit (27 June 1999) National Catholic Register
“Spiritualism is the highest form of political consciousness. The native peoples of the West are among the world's surviving proprietors of that kind of consciousness. They are here to impart that message. It is important to use it wisely and well as we go into the twenty-first century-a time of bridging ancient wisdoms into the creative tapestry of contemporary times. (p11)”
Angeles Arrien (1940–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sir Henry Parkes, several times premier of New South Wales, became a father—not for the first time—in his eightieth year. Friends offered their felicitations. ‘Congratulations, Sir Henry, on the birth of your last child,’ said one of them. The old knight snorted. ‘Don’t say my last, you damned fool! Say my latest.’”
Henry Parkes (1815–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Randolph Bedford, Naught to Thirty-three (1944)
“Personally, I think it’s very important for a writer to know what kinds of things are beyond his or her knowledge. Even though I spent a lot of time with people who came from Russia, and visited Russia eight times before writing “Confessions,” I knew it wasn’t possible for me to write what’s going on in Alek’s mind.”
Gail Hareven (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You can learn from these times to appreciate more the time you are fit.”
N'Golo Kanté (born 1991) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 10 Questions with... N'Golo Kante. 3 March 2021, Chelsea FC.