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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
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clooney is just a pretty boy, man, and that's it, OK? I carried him on my back long enough. I'm on my own.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll still do print comics; as long as there's a market, I'll still be there. I just have a hard time believing that's the future.
- Rich
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first rule of new media is nobody gets rich, but everybody gets paid, in a perfect world. Maybe you don't get fabulously wealthy doing your webcomic, but as long as you can make a decent living.
- Impact
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is usually a long interval between important scientific discoveries and impact on human health.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in London, and my family is here. America is an interesting place, but it's incredibly different culturally. It doesn't take long being there before I want to get back.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all recognize that Colorado and our nation have a long and storied tradition of gun ownership for hunting, outdoor recreation and self-defense. However, I am not convinced that combat weapons are necessarily part of that heritage.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well you're talking about a long career, a lot of movies, a lot of stars. I guess working with Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn was a great privilege.
- Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a very long time, we've been extraordinarily interested in the interaction between low temperature and low oxygen. We see that they're connected because we know people who are extremely cold are not getting oxygen to their cells. And yet, they're sometimes alive.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism.
- Truth
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- Nov 07, 2020
But, the relationships that I see work - As long as they're telling the truth, and saying the things that you don't ever want to have to say to another human being.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was bartending for a long time and going on auditions and was constantly being rebuffed.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humor is very very risky, particularly for a candidate, unless he's been in so long that it just doesn't matter, and he's not running for president. But it's just that people are so sensitive and so touchy, and you're just going to upset somebody without ever realizing it.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020