- Tired
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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 work is not going well, it's useful to remember that our identities stretch beyond what is on the business card, that we were people long before we became workers - and will continue to be human once we have put our tools down forever.
- Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something called religion, and it was invented a long time ago by people who felt very out of control with their lives, who didn't know... why the sun always rose over the mountains.
- Nov 07, 2020
My theory is that many of the things that move us are things we long for but find hard to do.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parent and child may both love, but - unbeknown to the child - each party is on a different end of the axis. This is why, in adulthood, when we first long for 'love', what we mean is that we want to 'be loved' as we were once loved by a parent.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adecco and Penna have a long history of working together, and Penna represents an excellent strategic fit for Adecco in U.K. HR services, expanding the breadth and depth of services Adecco is able to offer to its clients. The acquisition of Penna also offers meaningful synergy potential for Adecco in the U.K.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
In France, I am the fifth artisan to produce his own chocolate, and the others have been doing it for a long time.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
My normal life is I love to travel, and I travel as often as I can. I don't stay in one place too long. But I'm an avid reader, I guess you could say: I'm a bit of a bookworm.
- Once
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't mind watching plays once in a while, but as long as I don't have to be in them.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life is too mysterious to try to map it out. I've certainly lived long enough to know it will take you places you never thought it would take you - and some of those places are kind of wonderful.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was conveniently bisexual for a long time, and then I went, 'Come on, who am I kidding?' And I have to say, it was the single biggest step I took toward emotional well-being, to stop feeling like I had to hide who I am.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not long for the world as it was when I was a child. I do not long for the person I was in that world. I do not want to be the person I am now in that world then. None of the forms nostalgia can take fits. I found childhood boring. I was glad it was over.
- Contributing
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- Nov 07, 2020
During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people's creations.
- Nov 07, 2020
The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others 'you failed,' you didn't fail.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020