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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scott Coker, I've known him such a long time, he's always been a straight shooter. He's always been very, very respectful towards me. He understands the business. He understands marketing and how to push the fighters to make them superstars in a household environment.
- Nov 07, 2020
I had worked so hard for so long that I developed a speech impediment. It happens when I get tired.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because everybody always encouraged me to sing, I assumed that I wasn't bad at it. It felt like it was obvious what I was going to pursue. I thought I was good for as long as I can remember.
- Nov 07, 2020
As long as my voice is here, and there is a Holiday Inn waiting for me, then everything's just swell.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as those pretty girls notice me, I don't care if they say, 'Ghastly, horrible'... I live for the beautiful angels.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a constant flow of child actors. It's kind of funny to watch the new crew come through. I think, You poor little things. You're going to have to struggle for a long time.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've lived with myself for a very long time, so I'm aware of what I look like. I'm under no false pretense that I'm a stunner, so if somebody comes up and says something about my physical appearance, it's okay.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The white men of the South had better make up their minds that the blacks will remain in the South just as long as corn will tassel and cotton will bloom into whiteness.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.
- Financial Crises
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Aesthetic experiences are powerful, to be sure, and probably inescapable, but Nature will not remain effective for very long.
- Today
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our enemy is motivated by hatred and will not stop planning more plots against until they are ultimately defeated. Today was an important and necessary victory in the war, but there is a long road ahead. We must remain committed if we are to succeed and protect our liberty.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
In shuttering Yucca Mountain, Obama makes it extremely likely that nuclear power in the United States will continue its long, slow, and extremely welcome death.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020