Long Quotes
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When you go through a long illness, certainly one of cancer, there's a certain release from it and relief that it has come to an end, because the suffering can be unbearable, as opposed to an abrupt stop to life when they go out the door and there's a loved one who never comes home because of some accident.
Pierce Brosnan
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Many thought that the abolition of slavery, the end of Jim Crow, and the legislative progress of the Civil Rights Era, among other watershed moments, would have fundamentally done away with the racist structures that have long oppressed black people. However, we know that has been far from the case.
Opal Tometi
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We need to stop kicking the can down the road and rethink our entire tax system toward long-term, comprehensive tax reform.
Brad Schneider
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Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range.
Samira Wiley
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I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.
Mel Brooks
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Queer black characters have been the sidekick for long enough. It's time for us to finally take the lead.
Lena Waithe
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Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. To such an extent indeed that one day, finding myself at the deathbed of a woman who had been and still was very dear to me, I caught myself in the act of focusing on her temples and automatically analyzing the succession of appropriately graded colors which death was imposing on her motionless face.
Claude Monet
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When youre a stay-at-home mother you have to pretend its really boring, but its not. Its enriching and fulfilling, and an amazing experience. And then when youre a working mother you have to pretend that you feel guilty all day long.
Amy Poehler
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The challenges posed by threats like terrorism, proliferation, and cyber attacks are not going away any time soon, and for our intelligence community to be effective over the long haul, we must maintain the trust of the American people and people around the world.
Barack Obama
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I've leaned on God for so long. "Hey, God, you just gave me this gift, and I'm just going to go out there and sing." But I'm realizing how much larger and how expansive my gift becomes when I actually pay attention to it and try to practice and try to perfect it.
Lauryn Hill
Fugees
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If and when Turkey does become a member, it will be after years of structural reforms and with a long track record of sustained and stable growth,
Jack Straw
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Because we have not been informed what the nature and scope of Mr. Starr's testimony will be, it is difficult to predict with any certainty just how long it will take to conduct a full an fair examination. I understand however that Mr. Starr has been allocated two hours for an uninterrupted presentation, ... We submit that anything less than 90 minutes would unfairly constrain our ability to explore the basis for Mr. Starr's testimony and for any conclusions he may proffer.
Charles Ruff
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Not long ago someone said I should shorten it to just Emma. But I really, really love my name. From as far as I can remember, my parents have taught me to be really proud of my name.
Emayatzy Corinealdi
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There is a way to practice hard and be physical without pads. You can still be a physical football team and be efficient in practice without pads. The 49ers practiced like that for a long period of time in the 1980s under Bill Walsh and were extremely successful when all the other teams were practicing in pads.
Jimmy Johnson
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Spector is a good guy, but he's a nut. Ha, ha, ha! You know, I love him, but he's unpredictable. He's OK as long as he don't drink.
Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner
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Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wants to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.
E. M. Forster
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Preparing and cooking squid is easier than most fish. The only thing to remember is not to cook it for too long.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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We have a culture in Freeport, especially in our football department. We feel that we're the best team on Long Island, in New York, hands down.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
