Julia Child
Chef, Author, Television Personality
"How lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly."
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Take Time
79 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Alan Watts
Philosopher, Writer
"It takes time for an acorn to turn into an oak, but the oak is already implied in the acorn."
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"Take time for all things."
Tupac Shakur
Rapper, Actor, Activist
"Once people take time to find out who I really am you'd be surprised"
Sharon Stone
Actress
"Once you've had your life burn down, it takes time to be a Phoenix."
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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."
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"There are no drive-thru breakthroughs. Breakthroughs take time."
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"Sometimes taking time is actually a shortcut."
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"I'm doing something now where I'm going to have to learn so much and that takes time nurturing, those kinds of relationships."
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"Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still."
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"Change isn't easy, it takes time."
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"It takes time to be who you really want to be. It doesn't happen overnight."
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"Whenever I'm taking time off, all I'm thinking about is working."
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"The declaration of love may come sooner than expected. Take time before you reciprocate as this may simply be a statement of what they expect from you."
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"Eventually the writing takes time. What I want to do is get the story down and I want to know what happens as I write my way into the knowledge of the story."
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"You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never get in shape."
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"Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people."
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"I tend not to analyse my work, though I'm frequently intrigued when other people take time to do so."
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"It takes time to become myself every morning."
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"Take time to be quiet."
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"Take time to thank your body."
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"Take Time by the forelock. It is also the safest part to take a serpent by."
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"Breaking old habits and forming new ones always takes time, but it is worth it in the end."
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