- Design
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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
- Architecture
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
The media is looking every season for a designer to tell a story. I have a long story I have to tell, continuing fluently year after year.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
By silencing the mind, we can experience real peace. As long as various kinds of thoughts agitate the brain, we don't experience 100 percent peace.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Go to Mozambique! As long as you don't expect to find flawless infrastructure, just go. Because this is a country where people have not quite grown accustomed to tourists. You still feel a genuineness that no longer exists in countries where tourism has been industrially developed.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took so long to make it in America. The year I arrived was a bad year for women singers, the record company told me. So I starved. I lived in a hotel so dreadful I can't even talk about it.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always write after I think for quite a long time, so the actual writing time is rather short. I think a lot of the work gets done when you have something on your mind while you're doing many other things.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can remember when, as a beginner, I was delighted with any ball as long as it would bounce.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Balls should be good for at least six sets, and for more for the average player. But if the rallies are long, they do not last as long as this. There is a fuzz on the surface that wears off on the hard court.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure filming a birth is as hard as actual labour, but it's a really long, arduous day!
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've worked for a long time, but I got to the point where I felt like, I am out here so far, how do I get back? I want to have a real life, a personal life. I didn't want a personal life I just visited.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been offered a couple of shows that have been very successful, but they weren't right for me. It has to be something I could be excited about for a long time.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020