- Great
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- 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
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every hour I spent on manual work, every hour I was humiliated in England or degraded has helped me because that's the same way other people feel in the townships here. People are still walking long distances and are working long hours.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here in Britain, we can get a little bit snobby about American history. Yes, their history is not quite as long as ours. But it isn't all that short, either.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea of a pseudonym had been flitting around my brain for a long time, along with its cognate, disappearance. In the 1980s, I published some poems under a pen name in a literary magazine to see what it would feel like. It was fun. It was even a little thrilling.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
Julius Caesar was an aristocrat who sided with the Roman people. He's not my hero, but he was one of a long line of what we'll call 'populares,' which were popular leaders who tried to institute these reforms that the people were fighting for.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wish we could all have a telling room, a place where we go to tell our stories and listen to the stories of others; in our culture, the telling room might be around the dinner table or in the car on a long trip.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been seeing superhero movies as long as I can remember. I don't think they're going anywhere.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
But all of this success came at the end of a long climb.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.
- Reality
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- Nov 07, 2020