- 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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people would write to me long stories from their lives, and I felt they were thinking of me as some sort of treasure chest to keep their secrets. I felt like sometimes they would tell me stories they wouldn't tell anybody else in the whole world. And I loved these stories.
- Devices
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- Nov 07, 2020
Citizens have long been easily influenced by the opinions of others and sought social proof, but social media have amplified the phenomena to unprecedented heights. As digital devices permeate every aspect of our lives, it has boosted the way in which information can distort truth.
- Isolation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Design has long gone from tinkering and sketching of auteurs in isolation to a powerful catalyzer of growth.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marriage is a beautiful institution as long as two people understand each other well and are willing to live their life together till they die.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice.
- Great Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, I was given a great gift by my father and my mother in that I was never told any idea was bad. I was told I could explore any thought as long as I wasn't hurting someone else.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really do see the good in people, and I don't want to change that. That's really how I view things, so sometimes I'll look past a lot of huge red flags because I see something else in someone. Then, of course, it always comes back to haunt me in the long run.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can't just cut our way to prosperity. Even as we look for ways to reduce deficits over the long term, we must grow the economy in a way that strengthens the middle class and everyone willing to work hard to get into it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The LGBT Community was mostly responsible for birthing my career, and I am deeply indebted to you... You have loved me faithfully and unconditionally, and for so many years you provided me with work even though my star had long since faded.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
If your work isn't mission-driven or emotionally resonant to you, it will be very hard to maintain passion and focus over a long period of time, which is critical in entrepreneurship.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was like pulling teeth trying to get me to L.A. I hated it for so long, but now I've got this great life here.
- Many
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chinese restaurants have long been a weekly or monthly ritual for many Americans.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
He was an amazing father. I clutched my memories of him to my heart for so long, but he's a part of the world.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final matches, just against the top players.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020