Long Quotes - Page 16

• I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time.

  Jim Hodges

  Moving, Firsts, Materials

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• The road to publication is like a churro - long and bumpy, but sweet.

  Jay Asher

  Sweet, Journey, Publication

  Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.290, Penguin

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• When I was sixteen I was pretending to be Charlie Musselwhite. I had a long raincoat on, my hair slicked back, and the shades.

  Dan Aykroyd

  Hair, Shade, Sixteen

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• I was only halfway to the record and it seemed like it took me a long time. I feel like that one will never be broken. That record will never be touched.

  Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

  Baseball, Broken, Records

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• If a lecturer, he wishes to be heard; if a writer, to be read. He always hopes for a public beyond that of the long-suffering wife.

  Samuel Eliot Morison

  Wife, Suffering, Wish

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• I'm going to try to stay buff as long as I can, but it takes a lot of discipline and staying away from your favorite junk food!.

  Tobey Maguire

  Discipline, Trying, Junk

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• I really don't care about being the first, so long as it inspires someone else to be the second.

  Raha Moharrak

  Inspire, Care, Firsts

  "First Saudi woman summits Mount Everest" by Bryony Jones, www.cnn.com. May 20, 2013.

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• The first floor could be a restaurant. A good restaurant can survive as long as it has easy accessibility.

  David Lee

  Firsts, Easy, Restaurants

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• It is so hard and long before a student comes to a realization that these [first] few large simple spots in right relations are the most important things in the study of painting. They are the fundamentals of all painting.

  Charles Webster Hawthorne

  Simple, Important, Fundamentals

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• No one can ever take my job away from me. I can always draw as long as I have a piece of paper and a pencil or paints.

  John Newman

  Jobs, Drawing, Pieces

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• It's just that [the Hawks have made] a lot of changes. A lot of their great players have moved on. They have a lot of new faces and a lot of young guys who are going to be a part of this team for a long time. It'll take time. They've got a nice little core to start with.

  Mike Modano

  Nice, Team, Player

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• After being out so long, I was more anxious to pitch than anything, just ready to get back into things. I can't imagine a better situation to test me against some pressure.

  Bobby Bell

  Tests, Pressure, Imagine

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• We are deeply saddened by the tremendous loss of life and devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, .. Starbucks has a long tradition of striving to bring together people and communities where we do business. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and many others impacted by this natural disaster; our prayers and thoughts are with all the families who have lost loved ones.

  Howard Schultz

  Prayer, Lost Love, Condolences

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• Long after their associates have gone southward, they linger like the last leaves on the tree. It is indeed "good-bye to summer" when the bluebirds withdraw their touch of brightness from the dreary November landscape at the north to whirl through the southern woods and feed on the waxy berries of the mistletoe.

  Neltje Blanchan

  Summer, Bye, Tree

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• We don't care how big or strong opponents are as long as they are human.

  Robert Zuppke

  Strong, Caring, Care

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• There is a long standing tradition of using code to evade censorship in China, so that goes on. The trouble is the Chinese government has created the world's most sophisticated censorship machine.

  John Palfrey

  Government, Chinese, Machines

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• The Anglo-Saxon has established himself in climates totally diverse - Canada, South Africa, and India - and, through several generations, has preserved his essential race characteristics. He is not, of course, superior to climatic influences; but even in warm climates, he is likely to retain his aggressive vigor long enough to supplant races already enfeebled.

  Josiah Strong

  Race, Generations, Vigor

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• It's a great compliment that people think they're fast reads. It's always funny to me because it takes so long to get a book (written) -- for me, it's never quick.

  Sarah Dessen

  Book, Thinking, People

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• The Bridge had a lot of long, soft profiles about the administration, .. In contrast, BU Today has shorter, hard pieces - more consistent with online journalism - which people can read every morning when they log on.

  Craig David

  Morning, Bridges, People

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• As long as greed, stupidity and cowardice remain a part of the human condition, there will be a constituency for Democrats.

  Jack Kelly

  Stupidity, Greed, Cowardice

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• While artists fervently believe that the art marketplace was invented by the devil and remains in his henchman's hands, they have no choice but to carry long spoons and sup there.

  Eric Maisel

  Art, Believe, Hands

  Eric Maisel (1996). “Affirmations for Artists”, Tarcher

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• If you create you will also wait, and while you're waiting you will want to be patient but not idle... responses from the world often take a long time.

  Eric Maisel

  Patience, Waiting, World

  Eric Maisel (2000). “The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidance”, p.236, Penguin

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• In a long race, if I'm worried about fatigue, my concentration is the first thing to go.

  Helio Castroneves

  Race, Firsts, Worried

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• Horror is a feeling that cannot last long; human nature is incapable of supporting it.

  James De Mille

  Fear, Feelings, Lasts

  James De Mille (2015). “A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder”, p.108, Booklassic

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• Presidents by six years have been there long enough for the media and the country to see their flaws.

  Robert Dallek

  Country, Media, Years

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