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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
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot ask somebody to be creative in 15 minutes and really think about a problem. You might have a quick idea, but to be in deep thought about a problem and really consider a problem carefully, you need long stretches of uninterrupted time.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Very, very few people actually have long stretches of uninterrupted time at an office.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I go to a cinema, I don't care if the film is made by a man or a woman as long as it tells me a story, as long as it offers pictures that shed light on my existence, characters I can identify with, jokes I can laugh at.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
People tend to assume that I come from a long line of castle-dwelling gentry and am made of money.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has long been a childhood dream of mine to have a farm.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a teenager, I was teased at school about my height and long legs, but now they are my best assets. Kids can be mean. When I was at school, I considered myself ugly, but that was when I was silly enough to believe that what other people thought mattered. Now I think I am pretty. I'm not beautiful. There is a difference.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Putting together a list of heroes for 'Original Sin' was a long process, just like figuring out the villains. Along the way, some were taken out, and a few more were added.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as you have money to live then it's not a terribly important thing. If you don't have enough to live, then it's very important thing.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lady Gaga is one of the most amazingly talented musicians to bring her gifts to humanity in a long time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't particularly care what people think of me as long as I know what I'm doing is right.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I went to the doctor when I was in my twenties, he repeated the same thing to me: don't wait too long to have children.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Magazines that depend on photography, and design, and long reads, and quality stuff, are going to do just fine despite the Internet and cable news.
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- Nov 07, 2020