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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
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brother Gary, who was my coach, five years my elder, studied human movements at Queensland University in Brisbane. We used to train together every day, and we'd train for so long that at the end of a session, we would physically almost collapse.
- Nice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the people in Donegal knew me long before I was an actor. But even since then, they don't talk that much about it, which is very nice.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've been around long enough and have been to enough award shows to know that it is easy to lose to Phil Collins at any time.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up knowing I would be good at athletics, and dreams of a Super Bowl were always within reach as long as I progressed.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have two vintage typewriters. One just about works and the other hasn't a hope in hell, bless it. But they're both beautiful, and they'll stay with me just as long as there's a roof over my head.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I agreed to do the Blink shows, I said that I'd do it as long as they were willing to practise every day.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
As for my personal style, I like comfort a lot, like jeans and T-shirts. Having been a trainer for so long, I spend a lot of my days in tank tops, shorts, and T-shirts. Still, I do like the occasions where I get to wear suits and make that a thing.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think anytime you can take as much off the quarterback as possible, that only helps them out in the long run.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I honestly if I get a vacation I'm gonna go and sit on my couch in New York cause that's the one place I haven't been for a very long time.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are people who appear in the magazines and I don't know who they are. I've never seen anything they've done and their careers are over already. They're famous for maybe 10 minutes. Real careers, I think, take a long time to unfold.
- Firm Believer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a firm believer in the connection between the body and the mind: feed one, feed both. I like to run, but only short distances, and fast. I'm no good at long distance. More than six miles, and the knees start to go.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list.
- Line
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came from a long line of football players.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been around racing a fairly long time, but when it comes to the important issues, I'm happy to let others make the big decisions.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I write that I've known about something for a long time, that's not a boast. That's a confession. It's me acknowledging that I have withheld something important from the public.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020