Seems like yesterday; seems like forever-all at the same time. It's sort of, how do you measure it? Do you measure the fact that I'm 20 years older? No. I think I measure it by the events. You know, I came just as the Cold War was coming to an end. When you think about the events that we've been through, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to, I guess you'd say, 9/11 being the culmination at the end of that - of that scope - what extraordinary changes there have been.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Time feels mixed; the speaker measures it by events like the Cold War and 9/11.
- In plain terms
- I measure time by big events like wars and terror attacks.
- What can you take from it?
- Measure time by significant historical events.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do major events shape our time?
- What else measures time?
Another view
It overlooks gradual or individual changes.
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