- 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
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each Mexican has his own dream, and I've come to believe as long as we focus, you can accomplish anything you want.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter how you look. As long as you train hard, you focus and you're hungry, and that drive is in you to follow your dreams, everything is possible.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church - even if they don't share your beliefs - as long as they find the content engaging and helpful.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I left SEIU, we had started this quality public service agenda to say to our members what I think the United Auto Workers learned: that quality is our only job security in the long run.
- Good Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
We play a long show, and you can't beat yourself up too much over it, as physically you just kill yourself. It was always good fun on the road and it still is.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the type who'd be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn't going to. I'm the type who'd like to sit home and watch every party that I'm invited to on a monitor in my bedroom.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We invest very heavily in the employees. We get the return, and the employee gets the return if they stay with us for a while. So, we focus on people that will commit to us for the long run.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have long been fond of comparing Workday strategy to the process of sending a rocket to the moon.
- Devote
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- Nov 07, 2020