Quotes with long-term

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  • E. M. Forster As long as learning is connected with earning, as long as certain jobs can only be reached through exams, so long must we take this examination system seriously. If another ladder to employment was contrived, much so-called education would disappear, and no one would be a penny the stupider.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • Myriam Miedzian As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.
    Myriam Miedzian
    American philosopher and author
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  • J. Robert Oppenheimer As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.
    J. Robert Oppenheimer
    American theoretical physicist and professor of physics (1904 - 1967)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • George Bernard Shaw As long as more people will pay admission to a theater to see a naked body than to see a naked brain, the drama will languish.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Abu Bakar Bashir As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets.
    Abu Bakar Bashir
    Indonesian Muslim cleric (1938 - )
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  • Elie Wiesel As long as one dissident is in prison, our freedom will not be true. As long as one child is hungry, our lives will be filled with anguish and shame.
    Nobel acceptance speech (1986)
    Elie Wiesel
    Rumanian-born American Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Bill Hicks As long as one person lives in darkness then it seems to be a responsibility to tell other people.
    Bill Hicks
    American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician (1961 - 1994)
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  • Andrew Jackson As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Ben Horowitz As long as people are clear on what they need to do and what's going on, you're very likely to succeed. When nobody is clear, then you're guaranteed to fail.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Voltaire As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Rosa Parks As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
    Rosa Parks
    American activist in the civil rights movement (1913 - 2005)
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  • Bob Schaffer As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko.
    Bob Schaffer
    American politician (1962 - )
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  • Barbara Cartland As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.
    Barbara Cartland
    English author of romance novels (1901 - 2000)
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  • Ben Harper As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
    Ben Harper
    American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1969 - )
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  • Bob Dole As long as there are only 3 to 4 people on the floor, the country is in good hands. It's only when you have 50 to 60 in the Senate that you want to be concerned.
    Reported in Tom Crisp, The Book of Bob: Choice Words, Memorable Men (2007)
    Bob Dole
    American politician and attorney (1923 - )
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Arnold Rothstein As long as they're willing to pay to prove it, I'm willing to let them.
    Arnold Rothstein
    American racketeer, businessman and gambler (1882 - 1928)
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  • C. S. Lewis As long as this deliberate refusal to understand things from above, even where such understanding is possible, continues, it is idle to talk of any final victory over materialism.
    The Weight of Glory (1949)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Josh Billings As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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