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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
- Nov 07, 2020
The only way for me to compose is intensively. To pick at it over a long period doesn't seem to work.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a filmmaker, so I always think: When is the breaking point? Sometimes you've got to go beyond the breaking point, and then you catch it. When is long enough? It's one of those things you have to look at, walk away, and go home and find out what it is.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the more diversity that one has in his life, the happier he can be, as long as he is able to do whatever he chooses to do at that given time well.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a story or part of a story comes to me, I turn it over in my mind a long time before starting to write. I might make notes or take long drives or who knows what. By the time I give myself permission to write, I know certain things, though not everything. I know where the story is headed, and I know certain crucial points along the way.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was doing two things at once for quite a long time. I was working in television and writing novels.
- Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020
Implanting a microchip inside the brain to augment its mental powers has long been a science fiction trope.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The statistics show that when you've done something for so long, it'll either be, yeah, you're slowing down, or someone's doing it better. But physically, I feel great. More than that, it's mental and spiritual.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Dad made a decision, whether it was about family or his own career, the majority of the time, it was for the long term, not the short term.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I look really weird with short hair. So I figured if I've got a mustache, I think it looks less creepy with long hair. Like a wild look.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing that always interests me from a storytelling point of view is how that moment of trauma, whatever the trauma is, even divorce, your dog dies, whatever it is, the consequence, in terms of people's emotional lives and the way it resonates behaviorally for a long time, is really the stuff that interests me.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's just not right that so many things don't work when they should. I don't think that will change for a long time.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scrambling, when no one's around, getting down, getting out of bounds, taking a glancing blow, those are all fine. You can do that all day long.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020