- 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
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
My tutors at drama school commended and criticised my use of comedy in my acting for a long time at drama school. They said I had a tendency to somehow perform the most tragic of scenes in a slightly flippant way.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo every night. My hands were covered in blisters.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
With Zeppelin, I tried to play something different every night in my solos. I'd play for 20 minutes but the longest ever was 30 minutes. It's a long time, but whenI was playing it seemed to fly by.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's amazing that people still feel, 'Oh my gosh, it's a black guy.' We've been here for a long time; let's get used to it. Let's get used to other cultures.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a long time, images of black men with big lips and a round head were used to make us feel inferior, but it doesn't need to be like that, we don't need to self'loathe. We can change the narrative.
- Happens
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- Nov 07, 2020
The failed stimulus, along with Obamacare's long list of failures, show what happens when Congress passes laws in a rush.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've operated on people from Canada that have come to Wyoming for me to take care of them because they couldn't afford to wait long enough for their free operation.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
You only can live on adrenaline for so long; one thing is for sure, it doesn't pay the bills.
- Nov 07, 2020
I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Globalization doesn't have to be a bad thing as long as government provides us all with the tools to cope in a changing world.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
I probably hung on for a couple of years too long on 'Scary Go Round.' I knew I had lost some of my enthusiasm for the characters and the setup, but I wasn't sure what to do next.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020