- Reality
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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
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all deal with failure. If you're lucky to have a long career, it's part of the experience.
- Envision
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.
- Nov 07, 2020
We are for reasonable and sensible gun ownership so long as it's responsible in the way that criminals can't get it.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
What seems strange is that Obama elicits such extreme dislike when, in fact, he is an exemplary family man, and his policy positions would have made him a conventional liberal Republican not that long ago.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as anger, paranoia and misinformation drive our political debate, there are unhinged souls among us who will feel justified in turning to violent remedies for imagined threats.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Earth is going to lose its oceans in the future, just as Venus did in the past. How long planets retain their oceans is a function of distance from the sun, all other things being equal.
- Commonly
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a long history of people believing there was life on Venus. It was about the same size as Earth. It had clouds. It was commonly believed it was tropical - wet, hot and steamy.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
We definitely don't want to go through another Ice Age or another natural cycle of global warming. Both happen over a long period of time. It would be disastrous for our civilization, and not just for us but many other species.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once we become a multiplanet species, our chances to live long and prosper will take a huge leap skyward.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as we can imagine a better path, of course we are obligated to seek it. This is why unwarranted pessimism about our future is actually irresponsible.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been interested in art and fashion for as long as I can remember because they are so visual. I am fascinated by the idea of visual creation from the ground up, which is a challenge in ballet when the audience has seen every show of yours, every other principal that you've shared a role with, and every different production.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to have a certain single-mindedness if you want to reach the top of the profession, and I'm not sure if I've got that cold-eyed egomania that perhaps is needed to get to the top. So as long as I can keep paying the mortgage and keep myself interested, I'll be happy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care why they love me, as long as they love me. I think people respect me because they feel like - I'm kind of like Christmas. I come back every year. You can't get rid of me. I just keep coming back.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest difference with Twitter and writing long form is you're part of a virtual community where you know people, or think you know them, through their links.
- Joke
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- Nov 07, 2020