Long Term Quotes - Page 17

• Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.

  Samantha Power

  Thinking, Long, Political

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• Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

  Steven Pressfield

  Motivation, Technology, Self

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• I seem to be a long-term relationship kinda guy.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Long, Guy, Term

  "Dan the man". Interview with Craig McLean, www.theguardian.com. July 3, 2009.

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• I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.

  Christopher Reeve

  Optimistic, Fighting, Issues

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• I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.

  Sally Ride

  Careers, Long, Tennis

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• This is a pivotal time for urban regeneration. We must take a long term view.

  Richard Rogers

  Views, Long, Urban

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• Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Blood, Long, Revolution

  "Marjane Satrapi: Superman is Boring, Batman is Hot, Dictators Are Clueless". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. August 13, 2012.

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• Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Long, Casinos, Term

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• Many companies today are reducing hours of full-time people to get under the minimum so they don't have to pay health care costs. I just shake my head because that's not going to build long-term value and trust with your people.

  Howard Schultz

  Long, People, Cost

  "Bartiromo: Starbucks' Schultz eyes global growth". Interview with Maria Bartiromo, www.usatoday.com. September 15, 2013.

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• Our amour fou with 'The Sopranos' is headed for long-term parking, like so many of its most memorable characters. We'll never see a show like this again.

  Rob Sheffield

  Memorable, Character, Long

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• To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and the one great factor that affects all three: the long-term solvency of a bond company called the U.S. government.

  Amity Shlaes

  Jobs, Government, Order

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• You just can't get too focused on worrying about what's going to happen in the next quarter. You have to worry about where the business is headed long-term.

  James Sinegal

  Long, Worry, Next

  "Online Extra: At Costco, "Good Jobs and Good Wages"". Interview with Michelle Conlin, www.bloomberg.com. May 31, 2004.

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• Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning.

  Peter Singer

  Strong, Yield, Long

  "How to stop yourself breaking that new year's resolution" by Peter Singer, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2011.

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• Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making business serve long-term social values.

  Peter Singer

  School, Social Values, Long

  "Putting ethics before profits" by Peter Singer, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2009.

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• Most breast cancer-related deaths can be prevented through simple and painless preventive measures. A late diagnosis can result in more serious, long-term consequences.

  Olympia Snowe

  Cancer, Simple, Long

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• Tax rates for the wealthy should revert to Clinton-era levels, both because it is necessary for long-term deficit reduction and because fairness dictates it. Moreover, there is no proof that higher marginal rates dissuade investment, all the rhetoric from the Right notwithstanding.

  Eliot Spitzer

  Long, Levels, Eras

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• I've actually always been interested in following a character more long term, but the only place to really do that as an actor is on a TV series.

  Kristen Stewart

  Character, Long, Actors

  Interview with Dennis Hopper, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2009.

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• You can't fuel real economic growth with indiscriminate credit. You can only fuel it with well-allocated, long-term investment.

  James Surowiecki

  Real, Long, Growth

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• A long-term crisis, after a certain point, no longer seems like a crisis. It seems like the way things are.

  James Surowiecki

  Long, Way, Certain

  "No End in Sight". www.newyorker.com. April 30, 2012.

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• Being out of a job can erode people's confidence and their sense of possibility; and employers, often unfairly, tend to take long-term unemployment as a signal that something is wrong.

  James Surowiecki

  Jobs, Long, People

  "No End in Sight". www.newyorker.com. April 30, 2012.

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• The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term.

  Matt Taibbi

  Agency, Government, Long

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• I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges.

  Fred Upton

  Roots, Long, Challenges

  "Upton readies for super committee" by Darren Samuelsohn, www.politico.com. August 10, 2011.

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• I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This is a market that we've been living, breathing and eating for our entire lives - one where a huge void currently exists. Favored Nations is a long-term commitment.

  Steve Vai

  Commitment, Artist, Breathing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Rural Americans want leaders who help middle-class communities to plan and prosper over the long-term - not opportunists who reap the rewards for themselves, leaving nothing for the people who do the sowing.

  Tom Vilsack

  Class, People, Long

  Tom Vilsack's at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• Even low-calorie diets and vigorous exercise fail to work in the long term for at least some people.

  Andrew Weil

  Exercise, Long, People

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