- People
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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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
And for myself, I think for the present He is calling me to another land; but how long shall be my abode, or what employment He has for me there, I know not, for I cannot think He is taking me there to live and lurk only.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important.
- Fail
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've long favored smart judicial-selection reform - every member of my court does - and every legislative session, reform measures are filed... and then they fail.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dungy, head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, has long believed that he, his staff and players should be as devoted to family time as they are to playing time, as focused on giving to charities as they are to taking the ball away from opponents.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist. All modern musicians are, for better or worse, prisoners of Gutenberg.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Confrontation is not a dirty word. Sometimes it's the best kind of journalism as long you don't confront people just for the sake of a confrontation.
- Strength
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- Nov 07, 2020
In those long, lonely miles you put in during the off-season, and in those knife-in-the-gut track repetitions and hill repeats that buckle your knees - at that moment in almost every race when you ask yourself how much you're willing to hurt to catch one more runner - you can draw strength and inspiration from your running mates.
- Truth
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's what you've been a part of for so long. I don't think I can watch a game without an interest in who wins.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I figured as long as the music stayed hot and important and good, that there would always be a reason for 'Soul Train.'
- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020