- Heart
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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
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I work on a word count basis, so I have to write three thousand words a day. I can write them in the morning, I can write them in the evening; as long as they get done.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as they're making beloved books into movies, people are going to be like, 'That's not my mental image of them.' It takes that moment for it to click and become their mental image.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as you feel confident, you're going to look beautiful. You don't need to be a stick figure to be beautiful.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like my hair long, and I love my bangs. I love them because I can pin them back or keep the fringe with attitude.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all know that we Africans just win medals in middle and long distance, and walking in their footsteps makes me feel proud, you know.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got told so many times I needed a manager. For a long time I resisted, and I finally got one so I can pay my mortgage, and it helped me from becoming a homeless person.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance dedication.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I moved to New York and couldn't get a job as an actor. And waited tables for so long.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was into everything athletic. I played football. I ran track for a long time. I played basketball every day at home with my friends.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020