- Simple
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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
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
When neighbours interact with each other, it is only natural that sometimes they will run into problems of some kind or another. As long as they respect each other, properly manage differences, and pursue mutual benefits, there will be harmonious sound instead of jarring noises.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
The days of exploration of Shackleton and Scott are long gone. Everything has been climbed, crossed, done. Now what we're exploring are the full boundaries of human endeavour. It's not physical - it's all in the head.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to our culture.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having long suspected that there was something alive in there, running the place, separate from everything else, absolutely individual and independent, we've celebrated by giving it a real name. My self.
- Good Times
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good times don't last long sometimes.
- Jungle
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem with revenge is that it never evens the score. It ties both the injured and the injurer to an escalator of pain. Both are stuck on the escalator as long as parity is demanded, and the escalator never stops.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are anxious in the face of our unchangeable past; we long to recreate segments of our private histories, but we are stuck with them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter how big the shows are, as long as I'm making a living playing music. That's all that matters to me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reality is that I've been counted out for a very long time and people continue to underestimate me and I continue to overperform.
- Divest
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- Nov 07, 2020
New York City must divest the hundreds of millions of dollars we have invested in Walmart for far too long, dollars that are only fueling violence and undermining the greater public interest. Once our nation's largest city does so, I know other states and municipalities will follow suit.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020