- Matter
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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.
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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want to make the Cleveland Cavaliers a perennial champion and contender. We want people to be part of the franchise for long periods of time if they fit our culture, no matter who they are, whether it's LeBron or anybody that contributes.
- Healthy
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- Nov 07, 2020
A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've made a kind of pact with myself where I said, It doesn't matter what it is as long as I'm acting.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Russia has a long history of propaganda and trying to influence various nation's cultures and elections. It's happening. They seem to have stepped up their game.
- Mood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found that if I don't paint for around a week, I get practically suicidal. It took a long time to figure out why I had these mood swings, and I finally figured out it's because I haven't painted.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
The challenge is maintaining your interest over a long career, as opposed to pushing hard with no longevity. I'm surprised that I've been able to dance as long as I have.
- Relationships
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have long been interested in exploring and advancing the valuable relationships between the arts and society.
- Exaggerating
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trying to write music that's sensitive to 400 years ago takes a bit of madness, as it's such a long stretch of time.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I long for a South African society that's free of ideological forces - no society can ever really be free of ideological forces - but I wish it was free of power.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go for long walks in Newlands Forest in Cape Town, and I go to the Turkish baths on Sunday mornings.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has to decide who he wants to drive, so there is no secret anywhere. I am not concerned. It does not sit with my objectives to be competitive.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Star Wars' is a galaxy a long time ago, far, far away. 'Star Wars' is not about our future.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020