- 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
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going to get a hit every game, but that's one of the reasons I've come a long way as a hitter.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think Barack Obama is one of the most exciting politicians to come along in a long time.
- Nov 07, 2020
A water route to Chinese trade replacing the long, arduous Silk Road was a great dream of the Renaissance.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me quite a while to find my natural voice. I'm glad I stuck around long enough to see that happen.
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised with the idea of maximum effort: as long as you could look in the mirror and say, 'I gave it everything I had,' it was OK. But if you gave it less, that would disgrace you.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father ran London Films. He made films like 'The Red Shoes,' 'The Third Man.' And he had had a long career in the film business, which was bifurcated with a career in intelligence. He had to deal with gangsters, and sometimes he would take me with him. Also, I went to school with their children.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had the pleasure of learning how to wrestle long matches and use psychology.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything in high school seems like the most important thing that's ever happened in your life. It's not. You'll get out of high school and you never see those people again. All the people who torment and press you won't make a difference in your life in the long haul.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am and have always been a strong proponent of public education. But by the virtue of its very nature - publicly funded schools cannot offer the type of spiritual education that Catholic schools have long provided.
- Film And Television
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I've worked in film and television for so long, I've acquired the ability to let the version of the characters that lives in my mind make way for the living, breathing humans who are going to play them on screen. If you cast it right - and casting is about 80% of directing - they will eventually replace or exceed the imaginary image.
- Go Home
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- Nov 07, 2020