- 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
- Blessed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I honestly eat chocolate all day long. I do realize how blessed I am to be able to eat what I want and not have to live in the gym.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believed in the Catholic position, the Catholic view of ethics and aesthetics, for a long time. But I wanted something not intellectual, some conviction not mental - in fact I wanted faith.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the thought of becoming the object of his wrath was more than I felt ready to take on.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.
- Pride
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as you've got pride, you're good.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt that politics was one place where I could possibly have a career in arguing, debating, and getting to write papers. I almost considered working in law enforcement or something like that, but that didn't really last long.
- Line
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a long line of revolutionaries.
- Road
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm fortunate to have success, but it was a long and challenging road, so I try to make that not be the case for other women.
- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020
Years ago, Barry Diller asked me to be a judge on a pilot for an inventor show on USA, and when it was over, the producer, Ken Mok, took me out to dinner and really got me talking. It was a long dinner. Afterward, he said, 'One day, I'm going to write your movie'.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
Around age 11 or 12, I started playing jazz bass. From there, I went to electric bass and then guitar, which I kept up for a long time.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I record cello Etudes that are fewer than four minutes long and post them on YouTube. How can one execute fully-formed ideas with utmost perfection, yet stay free enough to allow improvisatory nuance? This has immediate application in almost every area of life, but especially in performance.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Beyond the barricades we long to see a Hong Kong free from tyranny and a puppet government.
- Here
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- Nov 07, 2020