#short time

I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that will lead to permanent benefits? ↗

— John Templeton

#going #i #i do #lead #life

When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace. ↗

— Greg Kinnear

#back #beirut #childhood #city #collapse

I tried painting for a short time and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting. ↗

— Kim Weston

#child prodigy #i #i tried #painting #prodigy

On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a short time. I remained on deck constantly, forcing myself to exercise. ↗

— John James Audubon

#constantly #deck #exercise #forcing #however

I did learn Chinese kung-fu in a school for a short time, but I couldn't afford to pay for long-term learning. ↗

— Stephen Chow

#chinese #did #i #learn #learning

Because each are going to blame each other. The thing that Canberra has to really get right is the sharing of the resource. But my problem with people in the government who are there for a short time is that there's no consequences for some of these decisions they make. ↗

— Rex Hunt

#blame #canberra #consequences #decisions #each

For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#could #found #gold #had #land

I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short time, and knowing that in the beginning, middle, and end would be this very, very famous theme, but I still had to weave a score around it and make it work as a score was really challenging. ↗

— Danny Elfman

#around #beginning #big #challenging #end

The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#control #getting #know #people #president

I actually went to film school and was making experimental films for a short time, so it wasn't such a leap. ↗

— Jim Coleman

#experimental #film #film school #films #i