- Nov 07, 2020
Long Quotes
On patience, process and playing the long game.
Several quotes here describe how long real work actually takes: commissioning a television show, learning from mistakes only years later, or thinking generationally about where humanity stands. For a related theme, see our Long Time quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Orderly Liquidation Authority prescribed by Dodd-Frank should be repealed and replaced by an amendment to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code which would operate to prevent cross-default provisions from impacting derivatives books so long as mark-to-market payments are being made in a timely fashion.
- Colored
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the wild, an enoki mushroom is often squat-looking and its stem is rarely more than twice as long as the cap is wide. When they are grown by farmers and hobbyists, however, their stems elongate, the caps are smaller, and a forest of golden colored needle-like mushrooms shoot up all at once.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
The very name of my subject, economics, suggests economizing or maximizing. But Political Economy has gone a long way beyond home economics.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know Mourinho can win league titles - he is brilliant at it - but how long can he do it at one club?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical audiences in the world.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody really needs to laugh... If you don't laugh, you're not going to live long.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Looking back, I'm really happy with the choices I've made in my career. I know for a fact I could be wealthier. Who knows, maybe I could be more successful, maybe not. I don't know. But just about every single thing I've ever done I've gone into with the right intentions, and that goes a long way.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
It made me proud to know I'd join a long gallery of actors covered in blood in movies.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020