- Myself
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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
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh, I love labels, as long as they are numerous. I'm an American writer. I'm a Nigerian writer. I'm a Nigerian American writer. I'm an African writer. I'm a Yoruba writer. I'm an African American writer.
- Teacher
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- Nov 07, 2020
Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't compare myself with Freida Pinto. She has come a long way. She does only films in the West. I am open to do both - Indian films and films from the West.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
But the manager's bought wisely - the players who've come in have taken us on to a different level and the players who won promotion have also performed at the top level, so long may it continue.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a long time I was trying to be poppier and younger. I didn't want to be on public radio or do any of that stuff for older people. Then I realized that that is exactly what I listen to.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first 'Polly and the Pirates' is about a prim and proper girl who gets kidnapped out of her comfy boarding school by a bunch of pirates that think she's the daughter of their long lost queen. In the course of the adventure, she discovers she has a natural penchant for swashbuckling, despite her sheltered childhood.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.
- Wait
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a massive consumer frustration around the world about how long they have to wait after the U.S. to see television shows and movies. In the U.S., there's the frustration of having to wait a year to watch a movie in the format that you choose.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers run out of things to do.
- Dedicate
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as the sun rises over Ontario and sets over the Pacific, I will dedicate myself to bringing the people of Oregon what they want and need most - an era of hope, change, and economic renewal.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American people understand that what makes the nation great is not people's bloodlines or how long ago their ancestors arrived here, but their character and belief in the Constitution.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think over the long run, it's better that government does not regulate the content of speech.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt that as long as we were being honest, and that we didn't bend the truth to accomplish another goal, to be entertaining or to be a happy ending, I was confident that we'd be able to tell the story the way it happened.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm totally comfortable with taking some risk, but as long as it's doctrinated in something that makes sense.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
The luxury we have when we do a series is that we go through a long journey, and it keeps a lot of information and things to be revealed.
- Grievous
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- Nov 07, 2020