- 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
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and positive things to say and do.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
In that long sequence, when Lawrence enters in the desert to rescue a lost man, Lean listened the music I wrote and wanted to extend the scene to let my work stay completely.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really bad at liquid liner, so whenever I have time to do it, I'll try, but it takes me a really long time.
- Great Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
I watch TV on my TV pretty exclusively. However, when I'm on that long flight between Los Angeles and New York, a great way to pass that time is to download movies on iTunes and watch them on my laptop.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
You should not actually stay in bed for very long awake, because your brain is this remarkably associative device, and it quickly learns that the bed is about being awake. So you should go to another room - a room that's dim. Just read a book - no screens, no phones - and, only when you're sleepy, return to the bed.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A normal recession disrupts people's lives, but a long recession destroys them. You lose output, prosperity, family stability, self-esteem, and many other qualities on what looks to be a semi-permanent basis.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been around long enough now that people who don't get into the outrageousness, the over-the-top stuff, they know not to buy my books anymore.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
At home I can become lazy and if a Welsh word is really long, I just replace it with English.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I've been in an actor, I've lived in Italy, in London, in Stockholm - I had the fortune of working in different locations. If you live someplace long enough, you acquire slightly different systems of thought, and it influences your outlook on life. I just slowly adapted the way I speak.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Third down and long is the toughest situation for any offensive coordinator in the NFL.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.
- Busted
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- Nov 07, 2020