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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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I made a movie where I played a girl that just got out of prison and we shot it very very quickly but very intensely-that took me a long time to get over.
- Nov 07, 2020
Iran can never get a nuclear weapon, and it never will as long as I have anything to say about it.
- Nov 07, 2020
It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is very little room for relaxation, but as long as I capitalize on those brief moments of peace, I'm okay with that.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems that for all of the artists signed to a major, there exists the same amount of artists that are struggling to break through to the surface within the label. I think, ideally, we'd end up with a very well connected competent indie team that will be along with us for the ride, however long that ride may be.
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- Nov 07, 2020
People say I'm too skinny, but if I gain a little weight, they say I look chubby. You can't please everyone. As long as you're happy, that's all that matters.
- Nov 07, 2020
You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I eat clean and non-processed food, which helps me avoid feeling fatigued on long workdays.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.
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- Nov 07, 2020