Quotes with longer-term

Quotes 121 till 140 of 448.

  • Bruce Bueno de Mesquita I engage in the use of game theory. Game theory is a branch of mathematics, and that means, sorry, that even in the study of politics, math has come into the picture. We can no longer pretend that we just speculate about politics; we need to look at this in a rigorous way.
    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    American political scientist (1946 - )
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  • Bruce Forsyth I hate the term 'arm candy.' But, look, a woman's figure is a beautiful thing, and if she has shapely legs, then she should show them off, because men love to see that. Not just heterosexual men - gay men like to see a woman in her beauty and the shape of her.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Lord George Byron I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people, being always excited; women, wine, fame, the table, even ambition, sate now and then, but every turn of the card and cast of the dice keeps the gambler alive - besides one can game ten times longer than one can do any thing else.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Philip Roth I know I'm not going to write as well as I used to. I no longer have the stamina to endure the frustration. Writing is frustration - it's daily frustration, not to mention humiliation.
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • Arthur Miller I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say they will endure longer than the McCarran Act.
    Arthur Miller
    American Dramatist (1915 - 2005)
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  • Georges Bernanos I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it.
    Georges Bernanos
    French writer (1888 - 1948)
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  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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  • Fran Lebowitz I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw I no longer desire happiness: life is nobler than that.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Angela Merkel I see nothing that points to a recession in Germany. But I see considerable long-term tasks ahead of us that have to do with markets regaining confidence in Europe and that have a lot to do with reducing debt.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Anna Held I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.
    Anna Held
    Polish-born stage performer and singer (1872 - 1918)
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  • Albert Ellis I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I stay a little longer, as one stays, to cover up the embers that still burn.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Tom Stoppard I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.
    Tom Stoppard
    Czech Playwright (1937 - )
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  • Jean Rostand I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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  • Ann Macbeth I think the long-term effect of video on cinema is good in that what we are now getting up there on the screen is of superior quality. Videos are just so much more sensitive to the world.
    Ann Macbeth
    British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author (1875 - 1948)
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  • Adam Arkin I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.
    Adam Arkin
    American actor (1956 - )
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  • Buck Owens I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw, the worse things got for me musically.
    Buck Owens
    American musician, singer, songwriter (1929 - 2006)
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  • Joan Didion I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die.
    Blue Nights (2012) 24
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Barry Larkin I'm glad that I just played baseball, because I'm sure I had a much longer baseball career than I would've had a football career. I did miss football, but I didn't miss some of the injuries from football.
    Barry Larkin
    American baseball player (1964 - )
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