- Nature
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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.
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- Defeat
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- Nov 07, 2020
After a big defeat, any player feels affected - it is about how long he needs to recover.
- Contribution
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- Nov 07, 2020
The citation for the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry reads, 'for contribution to the knowledge of electronic structures and geometry of molecules, especially free radicals,' and therefore implies that the Prize has been awarded for a long series of studies extending practically over my whole scientific life.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always wanted a solo career, deep in the darkest pit of myself, but I didn't dare admit it to myself even. It took me a long time to confront my fears.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when 'Grease' came out, I used to force my mum to try and grease my hair back, and it was never long enough, and literally I'd be screaming at her, 'Do it. Just do it!'.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Traditionally the great men of our country have sprung from poor environments; that being so, it would appear we have long suffered from a severe lack of poverty.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll watch anything as long as it's good. I can't choose just one movie that I love.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's always a way to bring something, even if it is just the girlfriend role, as long as you're playing it with an idea of who that person is on their own, away from the male character.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
It just happened. As though a moment comes when it's both necessary and natural to make a decision that has long since been made.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I retire from competition with great pride at having had a positive impact on my sport. I intend to keep training and practicing martial arts for as long as I live, and I look forward to watching the new generation of champions carry our sport into the future.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020