- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long Time Quotes
Reflections on what years of change really look like.
These long time quotes touch on how much can shift across years — a city's changing character, an age someone can barely remember being, or fame that built up slowly. The theme sits close to Been quotes, since both dwell on what stays true over years.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had seen 'Avenue Q' off-Broadway back in 2003 and fell in love with it. I just thought it was the smartest, funniest thing I'd seen in a long time.
- Fixated
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was fixated on Prince's 'Black Album' for a long time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been advocating for a long time that the Export Import Bank shouldn't be for one or two companies, and that's what it's for, basically.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to have the no. 1 show on the Discovery channel. I went for it for a very long time, and I was knocking on every door in L.A. that would answer, and sleeping in front of Discovery’s office, probably. It wasn’t working, so I decided to regroup and take a break from knocking on doors.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Working out another system to replace Newton's laws took a long time because phenomena at the atomic level were quite strange. One had to lose one's common sense in order to perceive what was happening at the atomic level.
- Nov 07, 2020
It takes a big voice a long time to develop properly; the bigger it is, the harder it is to develop the technique.
- Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something about being around a long time that puts stuff in perspective.
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There is a broad movement that has been holding companies accountable on human rights for a long time.
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France has lived a long time - eight or nine centuries - and yet art in France, too, was derivative up until the 19th Century.
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I trained with Chelsea for two weeks under Glenn Hoddle when they were in the relegation zone - it was a long time ago. And I also trained for Bolton when I was a young player. I was very clear, very soon, that I was missing a lot for that level.
- Blessed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in a hallowed league of artists. Whether it's Billie Holiday or Rakim or Jimmy Hendrix or... I don't know, MGMT, we're all blessed to be able to create. It's a lineage that extends a long time. And to be able to be active in it and have made a difference in it, it's humbling. To know I had a place in all of this; that's the rewarding part.
- Despised
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- Nov 07, 2020