- 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
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is a sedentary gig unless one has a treadmill desk. But I have long believed writing and working out are complementary disciplines.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've long believed that the work-out life has lessons for the writing life. I've 'solved' a lot of books while at the gym, in part because I'm not trying to solve them at that precise moment.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to make music for as long as I can; it feels like something I need to do.
- Performance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, when I started writing songs, my voice just became another tool. It wasn't something that I was going to try desperately to woo a listener. As long as I'm using my voice in a way that helps people understand what I'm trying to say, then I feel like I'm doing all right.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm uncomfortable on stage, everybody can see it. I'm not very good at hiding it. I like long, loose jacket dresses - anything that I can literally have room to move in - not that I'm a very big dancer, but because sometimes I'm sitting down at the keyboard, and then sometimes I'm standing. It just has to feel good.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
My hope is that we will inspire more lesbians to get politically engaged. For too long, lesbian women have been left out of politics.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Solutions-oriented campaigning with a little passion and a little humor; I think that will go a long way. I think people are desperate for it.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an instinct to want to be part of a group of people. I feel safe there. That's why I was in school for so long.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020