- Truth
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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
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are times when fixing things quickly is the only option: when you have to channel MacGyver, reach for the duct tape, and cobble together whatever solution works right now. If someone is choking on a morsel of food, you don't sit back, stroke your chin and take the Aristotelian long view. You quickly administer the Heimlich maneuvre.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got a tattoo saying 'Made in England' above my foot to represent that, that I felt like a doll for so long.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mexican, Mediterranean, Italian, sushi, I love it all. Put it on a plate, and as long as I know what it is, I will eat it.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
For so long, black conservatives have not been able to have a voice; people who have bi-racial children, people in bi-racial relationships, it has been so black and white. I blame Obama. His eight years in office did a lot of damage in terms of race relations in this country.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As someone who has long loved history and reads a lot of history, especially when you get a distance like 130 years, these people can seem almost mythical, and you need something tangible to make them real.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
- Long Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
A good listener goes a long way.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020