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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
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I am on a long run in a play, I'm not sure how I would fill the days if I did not paint or write. On a basic level, it just stops me going crazy.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inevitably any series that goes on too long will reach a point where it starts struggling for ideas, so I've always been really aware of getting out while the going's good.
- Nice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to experiment a lot - so jeans with a ganji, ethnic skirt with a nice top, long jackets, dresses is my go-to style.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know if I'd ever want to show my college life in the films I make. I think I've passed that stage long ago.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can never be in the same place for too long. It feels like the world is caving in.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are two things that give me perfect happiness - doing the perfect shot and travelling. I get stressed, really stressed by the fact that there is just so much to see and I am not going to live long enough to visit all the places I want to.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hated sunsets for a long time.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I doubted myself for a long time.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nagasaki is not just an international city with a long and fascinating history. It is a global inspiration for all those who seek to create a safer and more secure world.
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- Nov 07, 2020
For many people, Timbuktu has long represented the essence of remoteness: a mythical, faraway place located on the boundaries of our collective consciousness. But like many of the myths associated with colonialism, the reality is very different.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many applications for which film is going to be better, for a very long time.
- Better Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have decided not to run for the U.S. Senate and instead continue my efforts to make California a better place to live, work, and raise a family. We have come a long way, but our work is not done, and neither am I.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was only after five years in the army, when I was having to do a very boring job in a very boring place, that I thought: 'Why not try writing a novel?' partly out of youthful arrogance and partly because there had been a long line of writers in my mother's family.
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- Nov 07, 2020