- 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
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as you put the effort in with your practice, the muscles in your arm stay relaxed and mental preparation is all it takes.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as we have have predatory capitalism, we'll have guns because the gun industry loves to make money out of guns.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a hands-on mother, so I take long gaps between films.
- Plants
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- Nov 07, 2020
The very phrase 'Make America great again' implies some kind of reset to a time long since passed. A mission to restore America to a previous default setting where American economic superiority was without peer, factories and manufacturing plants were humming, and jobs were plentiful for anyone who wanted one.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is so sad that it takes so long for people to understand what needs to happen in order to be free.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Did you know you're supposed to soap and scrub for as long as it takes to sing 'Happy Birthday' twice?
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Twerking takes its place in a long line of dance moves deemed immoral, even apocalyptic. The waltz was called sinful because it demanded dangerously close contact between dance partners. In 1914, the tango earned a papal denunciation for being 'damaging to the soul.'
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've represented my country and played in the Premier League a long time so I am pretty realistic and confident in what I can bring.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left it for seven years before going back on stage. I know now not to leave it so long.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020