- Eyes
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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
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having been in the newspaper business for a long, long time, I often wonder, Why do we actually need to know about something like a bus crash in Bangladesh that has no effect on us at all? That can be nothing other than voyeurism.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the strange things about doing publicity is that a mistake in a newspaper profile long ago is repeated and amplified over time.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
The political lives of tyrants play out human affairs with a special intensity: the death of a democratic leader long after his retirement is a private matter, but the death of a tyrant is always a political act that reflects the character of his power.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
Colonel Qaddafi's tyranny was absolutist, monarchical, and personal. The problem with such dictatorships is that as long as the tyrant lives, he reigns and terrorizes.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unlike monarchs, who pass power to their heirs at the moment of death to ensure the survival of the regime, tyrants must simply survive as long as possible.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life was so much simpler in pre-video days when everyone refused invitations because the 'Forsyte Saga' was on. Now we all just have a long list of unwatched shows, all of which, it seems, our friends are raving about. I feel as outdated as if I wore a Fair Isle sweater, ate Pot Noodle and had a two-bar electric fire in the sitting room.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Occasionally it's been a long and bumpy road - one I'm still travelling - but I've always felt like my home town has been solidly behind me and I'm both grateful and proud.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always stressed when I have to wear a long dress, especially with those high heels. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'm going to fall! My feet are going to get caught in the dress!'
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a good poker player, but I've got one bluffing technique - as long as you're quick with the blinds, you're fine.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020