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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
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most days, we don't get to the 'SNL' studio until noon. On Monday, we pitch the host, and that's our shortest, lightest day. Tuesday is our longest day - some people don't leave until Wednesday night. It's just a long, long day.
- Nov 07, 2020
Over the long term, there will be many more billion-dollar technology companies than there are today.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers. I achieved that a long time ago with TV. I don't need any more.
- Nov 07, 2020
People always think I left, and I was living in the States for a long time... But home has always been Calgary.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have always had a bob haircut because my hair is so fine and doesn't like being long.
- You
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think you should make movies as long as the story dictates.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I pay people very, very well - probably more than I have to. But that costs me less money in the long run because I'm not having to constantly train somebody. I pay them enough that they don't go seeking a higher scale at the next restaurant.
- You
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want the government to focus on the stuff we cannot yet do, like beginning to learn how we can live in space long enough to go to Mars or how to build and operate human communities on the Moon and Mars.
- Downturn
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- Nov 07, 2020
A crash really occurs when you suddenly have a violent downturn in the market that then heralds a long bull market.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been kicking around this business for a long time.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
In New Hampshire, we know that small businesses and entrepreneurs are the engines of economic growth in the 21st-century economy, and our state has long been defined by the entrepreneurial spirit of our people.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to do a film in Canada, but it's too difficult. National Film Board funding takes too long, and there's too much paperwork; by the time the film is approved the topic is dead and gone.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to do by a British accent. That's why so many infomercials have British people.
- Burning Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020