- Depression
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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
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Morbid humor is very valid, even healthy, as long as you don't do it gratuitously.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I see old photos of me on the beach I don't look too bad... but it's hard trying to breathe in for such a long time when I spot the photographers!
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
The U.S. tries to provide immigrants who grow up here with a world-class education and imbue them with the can-do attitude that has long defined American innovation.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run, the health insurance reform law promises to cut health-care costs for U.S. businesses, not expand them.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a long time, I have been wanting to write a book for singles that would help them in the dating process and in getting ready for marriage. Most of my writing, I've written to couples who are already married, because I've been doing marriage counseling for 35 years.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father worked in the Post Office. A lot of double shifts. All his friends were in the same situation - truck drivers, taxi cab drivers, grocery clerks. Blue collar guys punching the clock and working long, hard hours. The thought that sustained them was the one at the center of the American dream.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family over a condo.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs, in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that voters will be more likely to unthinkingly accept certain political positions so long as they arise from religious belief.
- Economic Development
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a conservative, I maintain a healthy skepticism of the theory of man-made global warming. I also believe that more people enjoying the fruits of modernity and economic development is a good thing - as long as those people arrived legally and obey the law.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020