- 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
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm literally online all day long, and if I don't get back to everyone, I'll stay up all night.
- Big Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't let a lack of big company names on your resume get you down, but also, don't let it feed a Silicon Valley ego. Oftentimes, the best candidates come from startups or smaller companies. It shows they are open to risk and can keep up with the long hours and occasional harsh demands.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing worse than being in the middle, where fans just don’t care. So I hope more than anything that they form an opinion of me one way or the other because I don’t want to be the person they don’t care about. They can boo me, they can cheer me, as long as there’s some kind of reaction.
- Healthy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tried the Atkins diet in the Seventies when pregnant with my son, as I didn't want to pile on the pounds. Now, so long as I'm healthy, I don't care what my scales say.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember the moment that I realized that I was going to get the opportunity to be in my dream role, and I said, 'I just don't think life gets any better!' You have to take that moment and expand it for as long as possible because it's such a cool feeling.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My wife and children seem to like me quite a bit, and as long as that is true, I'm really OK.
- Matters
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any article's good. Long as it's publicity, I think that's all that matters. I think it's advancement for my career.
- Gaming
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gamergate should have been a time of reckoning for the gaming community, which had long been rife with sexism and misogyny. It wasn't.
- Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
I long for an audience. I ache for it. I think that's one of the hardest things about the television medium is that you don't get that. You don't get that immediate response.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past I've been very into the falling part, very into the swimming in the dark, deep emotional water. 'Rampart' I really went into it and it took me three times as long to get out of that depression as it did to just do the scenes. I had to learn to give it my all and then go home and laugh.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have no problem talking about how hard it's been, how broke I've been, and how broke I was not even that long ago.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
For as long as I can remember, I've had John Michael Higgins in my brain in the funny department.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since I spend such a long time making each book, I only choose books that I'm really interested in and that I really love.
- Blue
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- Nov 07, 2020