- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Done Quotes
On finishing well instead of finishing fast.
These quotes weigh the value of patience against the pull of urgency, from age-old advice not to chase quick results to present-day frustration when a slow process holds real work back.
- Last Updated on Jul 31, 2026
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
People constantly face problems they've never seen before, and they have to solve them somehow. So a million people come up with a million solutions that are just a little bit different. If computing is being done by fewer resources, there will be enormous security gains by pushing things into standard practices.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to scrutinize the entire abatement process to ensure the companies that are under consideration for an abatement truly need one, and I don't believe that is being done now.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like to share something that is being done extremely well by Bill Gates through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The foundation is only going to address areas which are seen by Bill or Melinda as ills of the world. The foundation has no perpetuity.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been doing documentaries for about 25 years and want to continue to do that, but I love the idea of working in a different medium. Advertising pushes the envelope creatively, and there is some really great work being done right now, so I'm excited to jump into it.
- Boring
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to rarely go on film sets, as I felt it was very boring to see the same shot being done so many times. I felt I had nothing to do. I used to irritate the cameramen.
- Dior
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to get away from couture just being done for a picture or for a single moment on the red carpet. I want to try and convince women that couture can be worn in the day and that there's a reality and relevance there, because that's what Mr. Christian Dior wanted.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a veteran. If I go into the V.A. hospital in Tennessee, I want to know that the procedures they're doing to me are being done properly. That is not unreasonable.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once again, I think there is little art being done that really owns up to such intense possibilities.
- Computers
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you take a regular animated film, that's being done by animators on computers, so the filmmaking is a fairly technical process.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was on 'Dallas,' I was known to audiences of the '80s. And then when my sons, who are in their 30s now, were going to college, 'Dallas' was the cult thing to watch because it was being done on the soap channels, so a whole new generation saw it. And then I have the young fans that knew me from 'Step By Step' in the '90s.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My job is to have new ideas and take risks every day, so I'm always looking forward to the next thing being done or making the next thing that I haven't yet gotten to. That's sort of the constant in my life.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I am there at our global product development centers, I am meeting with the design team and reviewing design work being done there and meeting with engineers responsible for work being done specific to that region, meeting with purchasing team.
- Camper
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a happy camper when I'm doing both: writing and art every day, along with a dose of reading and adventures into what else is being done by other artists/writers and poets. Like breathing. I've written poems or fictions to go with a painting. The source for the inspiration of the art often eludes me.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020