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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
- Nov 07, 2020
One bit of advice I can give people is to remember that anything worthwhile takes a long time.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.
- Discipline
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- Nov 07, 2020
The administration's reckless plan doesn't do one thing to ensure the long term security of social security, rather it undermines our economy. We need a budget and a fiscal policy that reflects the values and interests of America and restores fiscal discipline.
- Nov 07, 2020
My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.
- Causing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't be irresponsible in your risks, but as long as the project can fail without it causing the person to fail, keep trying; keep taking the best shots. Learn from them; pick yourself up.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story, of character, of empathetic involvement.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.
- Long Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
A little humility goes a long way.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's easy enough to foist your music collection on your kids. Lectures are not required; you just play the stuff while they are prisoner in the back seat on a long drive, or softly in the background while eating dinner.
- Nov 07, 2020
New York being the greatest walking city in the world, I tend to walk everywhere as long as I am afforded the time.
- Smart
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- Nov 07, 2020