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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
Michael Chabon has long moved easily between the playful, heartfelt realism of novels like 'The Mysteries of Pittsburgh' and 'Wonder Boys' and his playful, heartfelt, more fantastical novels like 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' and 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union.'
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
My becoming the CEO is a testament to our long commitment to diversity inclusion. And I intend to really focus and really pay that forward for our future diverse leaders at Deloitte.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over my face. Then it was off, short. The main reason it was long was because my mother cut it short when I was little and I was trying to make up for that.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Republicans have long had a platform of being pro-life. And I'm someone that believes life begins at conception and should be protected.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to address the systemic structural issues within the VA - the misallocation of resources, the interminably long waiting lists, the bureaucratic inefficiencies - to ensure that our American heroes are properly protected the second they return home from war.
- Immigrants
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- Nov 07, 2020
America has long been the land of immigrants.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to act for a really long time, but eventually I want to be a Marine and fly F-18s or train animals at SeaWorld.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although I long to get away from the typewriter, if I think I can produce a better opening or a better closing to a chapter, I'll change and change round again until I'm satisfied.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me a long time to blossom. Everyone else understood how to socialize and how to look. I didn't get the memo.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me a long time to get comfortable with the idea of being photographed by a moving or still camera.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020