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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
- Nov 07, 2020
We need to get back to a level of social responsibility that we haven't seen for a long time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think long and hard about what it is I'm actually trying to do, and then I kind of have to narrow my focus into that. If I don't, I'm too all over the place.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to sound too carried away, but from what I've seen, 'Bingo Long' is going to be a big one. A classic.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn't stay that long because I went into show business.
- River
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- Nov 07, 2020
The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
My hair used to be real long, and my parents were encouraged when I cut it. They thought I was going 'straight,' but I was just getting weirder - at least in their eyes. I was getting into the punk thing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Words are more powerful than some noises. Noises won't last long. Lyrics are so important, and people don't realise that.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's just my job to prove I belong in there. I've been in the league a long time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to see a sequel to 'The Rocketeer.' I'd love to see that! I don't know that I would be in it. I may be a little long in the tooth to play 'The Rocketeer.' But I would love to be a part of that in some form or fashion.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played golf for 25 years before I made a hole-in-one of any kind. I was on the tour for years before it finally happened. Eventually I made 23, but boy, that first one was a long time coming. It was the price I paid for not shooting at every flag.
- Nov 07, 2020
Poems are perfect for something to listen to while you're walking around because they don't take very long.
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- Nov 07, 2020