Quotes with long-run

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  • John Ruskin One of the prevailing sources of misery and crime is in the generally accepted assumption, that because things have been wrong a long time, it is impossible they will ever be right.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Bernard M. Baruch One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Molière One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • Michael Cibenko One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.
    Michael Cibenko
    American author
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  • Francis H. Bradley One said of suicide, ''As long as one has brains one should not blow them out.'' And another answered, ''But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.''
    Francis H. Bradley
    British Philosopher (1846 - 1924)
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  • I Ching One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The superior man perseveres long in his course, adapts to the times, but remains firm in his direction and correct in his goals.
    I Ching
    Chinese classical text (Book of Changes)
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  • Simone de Beauvoir One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
    Simone de Beauvoir
    French writer and philosopher (1908 - 1986)
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Curtis Carlson Only as long as a company can produce a desired, worthwhile, and needed product or service, and can command the public, will it receive the public dollar and succeed
    Curtis Carlson
    American businessman and technologist (1945 - )
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  • William Arthur Ward Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
    William Arthur Ward
    American writer and poet (1921 - 1994)
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  • Bob Barr Organizations worried about the potential for e-voting problems have long-advocated for audit procedures by which votes cast by e-voting machines could be verified through audit trails.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Caroll Spinney Oscar is the exact opposite of how I think you should behave. I just think of it as a negative view of the positive mind I have. Big Bird is sweet and nice and also sympathetic, as kids can identify with him even though he looks like such a bizarre character - great 8 feet 2 inches, a beak 18 inches long.
    Caroll Spinney
    American puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker (1933 - 2019)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung Our blight is ideologies - they are the long-expected Antichrist!
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Bill McKibben Our criteria is that it's okay to invest in companies so long as they stop lobbying in Washington, stop exploring for new hydrocarbons, and sit down with every one else to plan to keep 80 percent of the reserves in the ground.
    Bill McKibben
    American environmentalist, author, and journalist (1960 - )
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  • Blair Underwood Our deal always was that we did one as scripted always, we got it like we thought we needed - so we were all happy with it as written. Then I'd let him play as long as we had time.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
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  • Haniel Long Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.
    Haniel Long
    American writer, poet, journalist (1888 - 1956)
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  • Ruth Benedict Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.
    Ruth Benedict
    American anthropologist and folklorist (1887 - 1948)
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  • Stokely Carmichael Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.
    Stokely Carmichael
    American activist (1941 - 1998)
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  • Ryszard Kapuscinski Our job is like a baker's work - his rolls are tasty as long as they're fresh; after two days they're stale; after a week, they're covered with mould and fit only to be thrown out.
    Ryszard Kapuscinski
    Polish foreign correspondent and journalist (1932 - 2007)
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