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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
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's always good to be somewhere with some history, maybe that's England, which has a long history.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. There's always the little guy who's the sidekick to the tall, good-looking guy who gets the girl.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies.
- Service
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only as long as a company can produce a desired, worthwhile, and needed product or service, and can command the public, will it receive the public dollar and succeed.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Holly Holm was a boxer for a long time, and Leslie Smith comes from muay thai. It's different. Holly is more defensive, while Leslie comes forward.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Indeed, most magicians catch the bug as kids. My first audience was my family in Long Island. My first 'assistant' was my mother, whom I levitated on a broom in our living room.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
We weren't poor growing up on Long Island, but it wasn't lavish - just a regular middle-class house.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can just go to a magic shop or magic builder and buy what most magicians do, but that's not what I'm about. With 'Mindfreak' on television and 'Believe' live, I want to bring things that people have never seen before. That process is very difficult. It's very challenging, and you never know how long it's going to take - months or years.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't know until high school that I was interested in writing in any real way. But there was this boy that I had a crush on, and I used to tell him all the time what I felt about him. Finally he gave me a blank journal and said to write it all down - and it didn't take me very long to realize how much I loved writing.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, marriage is about love, not paperwork. I've never been the kid who dreamed of the big white dress, the long veil, the fancy diamond ring.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've known who I am as an artist for a long time; 'Idol' has shown me what I'm capable of. I know it's all possible for me now. I can go in any direction I want. I'm forever grateful to them.
- Bisexual
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been bisexual for as long as I can remember. I remember being made fun of in junior high for that. It was something that was shameful, and it really shouldn't be.
- Nov 07, 2020