- Problem
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the long run, much public opinion is made in the universities; ideas generated there filter down through the teaching profession and the students into the general public.
- Fine
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- Nov 07, 2020
For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Therapy is so personal but it can be a really amazing tool so long as you are not forced into it.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my first daughter was born, my husband held her in his hands and said, 'My God, she's so beautiful.' I unwrapped the baby from her blankets. She was average size, with long thin fingers and a random assortment of toes. Her eyes were close set, and she had her father's hooked nose. It looked better on him.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My kids are incredibly secure. More and more of their friends' parents are divorcing, but my kids have absolute confidence that we'll stay together forever. That goes a long, long way.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent a long part of my childhood repressing my more animalistic desire systems, and in a way, it permits me to do some of the stuff that I would want to be doing in a way that's more comfortable and doesn't break my internal rules. It expands the realm of possibility.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music, even if I ended up doing something different or do end up doing something different in the long run, it's just something that is life blood. If I'm not participating in some way, I feel like I'm wasting my time.
- Box
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- Nov 07, 2020
She's been around so long and she doesn't disappoint ever. Gaga also thinks out of the box and that's what the best artists do.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020