Quotes with shorter

  • Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
  • On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches.

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  • Bob Ney Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump.
    Bob Ney
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Robert Quillen As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.
    Robert Quillen
    American journalist and humorist (1887 - 1948)
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  • Jonathan Swift Faith! he must make his stories shorter or change his comrades once a quarter.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Beau Willimon Film is much more visual, a scene is typically a lot shorter, you're dealing with a lot more characters, a lot more locations, and you're able to rely on things that you just can never do on the stage.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Izaak Walton Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.
    Izaak Walton
    British writer (1593 - 1683)
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  • Bille August He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film.
    Bille August
    Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (1948 - )
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  • Blaise Pascal I have made this letter a rather long one, only because I didn't have the leisure to make it shorter.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Brock Lesnar I'm always staying motivated because, as training camp goes on, practices become more intense, harder, and shorter. It's a mental thing, too, not only physical - you have to stay mentally sharp and stay focused on the task in front of you.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Burnie Burns In the entertainment industry, careers don't last very long - and online, careers last an even shorter amount of time.
    Burnie Burns
    American writer, actor, producer and director (1973 - )
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  • Elizabeth Taylor It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.
    Elizabeth Taylor
    British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian (1932 - 2011)
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  • Abraham Cahan Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.
    Abraham Cahan
    Belarusian-born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician
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  • Berkeley Breathed My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids.
    Berkeley Breathed
    American cartoonist, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • Boris Spassky On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches.
    Boris Spassky
    Russian chess grandmaster (1937 - )
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  • Victor Hugo Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • Albert Einstein The faster you go, the shorter you are.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Augustus Baldwin Longstreet The former measured six feet and an inch in his stockings, and, without a single pound of cumbrous flesh about him, weighed a hundred and eighty. The latter was an inch shorter than his rival, and ten pounds lighter; but he was much the most active of the two.
    Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
    American lawyer, minister, educator, and humorist (1790 - 1870)
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  • Pliny the Elder The happier the moment the shorter.
    Pliny the Elder
    Roman author, naturalist and natural (23 - 79)
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  • Blaise Pascal The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Abraham Cowley There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • Bille August We talked a lot about The Best Intentions and how we could shoot certain scenes in different ways with slightly different bits of dialogue and information, so that later on, we could cut the piece more easily and it would still feel complete, even though it was shorter.
    Bille August
    Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (1948 - )
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