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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being fat worked, and I think that was what was confusing for me for a long time in my career.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandpa would take me to the driving range and, I don't know, it didn't take me long to realize I'm a little different with golf. I have an eye for seeing things differently. Somehow I just see shots in my head.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back when I taught middle school and wrote adult mysteries, my students often asked me why I wasn't writing for kids. I never had a good answer for them. It took me a long time to realize they were right.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, my favorite picture book was 'Fletcher and Zenobia,' written by Edward Gorey and illustrated by Victoria Chess. It's long out of print now, but its mix of macabre humor and 1960s psychedelia made it a perfect children's book for the times.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to play the Apollo because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a long way from Ike Turner.
- Canada
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- Nov 07, 2020
Canada Day comes and goes modestly every year. Sure, there are retail sales promotions and a long weekend. But there isn't bluster or commodity in Canadian celebration. Canada isn't big on bunting. Or jet flyovers, fireworks, marching bands or military pomp.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a long tradition - certainly with country, but in all kinds of genres of music - to have humorous lyrics. Certainly with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and, if you look at country, Roger Miller and Jim Stafford.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody wants to hear long speeches.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Call it Camelot's revenge: the class of court scribes who made it their profession to uphold a make-believe version of America free of conflict and ruled by noble men helped Nixon get away with it for so long - because, after all, America was ruled by noble men.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Political scientists have long argued that party identification is the best possible predictor of voting behavior and is remarkably sticky over time.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Texas has long been known as the nation's largest energy producer, but we are equally proud of our distinction as the nation's leading energy innovator.
- Humility
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humility is what makes teams great. I've preached it for a long period of time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I plan to coach at University of Louisville for as long as I can maintain the passion I have for the game of basketball. I don't want to coach anywhere else. I don't believe in anything else as much as I believe in this university and this state. I want to coach as long as they will have me.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020