- People
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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
I love sitting through long things. I mean, 'Gone With the Wind' I will sit through; I love sitting somewhere for four hours, for anything. I love being on a train. I love sitting down for four hours. I think it's the most wonderful thing to be able to sit somewhere and concentrate on something for more than two hours.
- Prison
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a small group of music critics in the States who will forgive you anything - jazz, a long prison term, or what have you - anything but scoring a Hollywood musical.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing is that I'm naturally curious about a lot of different disciplines in music, and I enjoy doing them. And as long as people are nice enough to let me, I'll keep on trying.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter as long as there's interaction between me and the audience. That's why they come.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wolfsburg might be a smaller club when you look at reputations and I thought about it long and hard. I could have stayed at Chelsea. Mourinho told me that I would get my chance. You have to make a decision, though, and in the end I only wanted to play football again.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be a champion for a long time, and I want to take the least amount of punishment possible doing so.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understand why people might be interested. But I just don't talk about my personal life. It's a decision I made a long time ago, before I ever even knew anyone would be interested in my personal life.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've tried to do the sad-bastard thing for long enough. I just want to have a good time.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020