- People
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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
- Devastation
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- Nov 07, 2020
American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as I do a good job, I believe the future is going to take care of itself, but actually I like very much being in elected office and there is no consideration about doing anything different until I can be assured that we are going to have the best voting systems in the country.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have a long fuse.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm launching my own festival in South Wales. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time. It's going to be held at Margam Park, because I wanted the venue to be as close to my home as possible.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to all Americans.
- Great Stories
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't imagine soaps will ever stop, because people will always watch as long as they have great stories and characters. But the soaps will have to keep evolving, won't they?
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
It sounds so boring - and my brothers tease, 'Oh poor you, pulling pretend pints all day' - but it's very, very long hours, and you're knackered when you get home.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Working at GCHQ was a relatively easy, reliable job. As long as you always toe the 'party line', you are more or less guaranteed a job for life.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have any friends from my childhood because I didn't stay at one school for very long.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people long to create a better world, then we must use our platform to nurture imagination - hopeful ideas, fresh alternatives, belief that the way things are isn't the way things need to be.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People long to help each other, to be together, to share experiences, to be part of a community, to influence the powers that control their lives.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I was often put under a lot of pressure. Being an athlete, I've been dealing with pressure for a long time.
- Nov 07, 2020
Women have to control their fertility for 30 years. Thirty years is a long time not to make mistakes.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020