Long Term Quotes - Page 8

• Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term. Because history is long term. But today, we don't talk about history. The past is two weeks ago, and the future is two weeks after.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Past, Blood, Two

  "Marjane Satrapi: Superman is Boring, Batman is Hot, Dictators Are Clueless". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. August 6, 2012.

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• So it's worth some real up front time to think through the long term value and the defensibility of the business.

  Sam Altman

  Real, Thinking, Long

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• But it may be one of our best markets in the long term because when the Japanese society embraces a brand it is a very deep connection, so we're willing to make that investment knowing that it's not the quick route to success that might be in other countries.

  Reed Hastings

  Success, Country, Knowing

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• If you are a libertine, if you're not given to long-term faithful relationships, you tend to project your behavior onto everyone else. It's like the person who knows they're not trustworthy; they tend to mistrust everyone else.

  Ben Kingsley

  Long, Faithful, Trustworthy

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. August 6, 2008.

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• One thing on psychology, which we've always known, is that every investor says they're long-term - and they are until the market takes a hit.

  Steve Forbes

  Long, Psychology, Term

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• In the short term, it would not have made it possible to resume relations, because in the Chinese mind, the humiliation of China started with the annexation of Taiwan by Japan. If the United States had suddenly declared Taiwan as a separate state - for which we would have had no support among other nations - the consequences would have been giving up our relationship with China and committing ourselves to a long-term conflict with China.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Giving Up, Japan, Long

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• You can support trans-positive legislation, tranny artists, and the inclusion of trannies in your neighborhood, schools, place of worship, whatever. For the long term? Join or initiate some good legal battles against the puritanical laws that exist around sex and gender.

  Kate Bornstein

  Sex, School, Artist

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Markets cant think about anything beyond about three months. This is very long-term for markets, which is why the important things in life have got to be taken outside of the marketplace.

  Susan George

  Taken, Thinking, Things In Life

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• It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a scam. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an illusion of rapid global warming.

  John Coleman

  Data, Long, Political

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• Technology cannot be an end in itself but must aim at solving long term social and ecological problems.

  Richard Rogers

  Technology, Long, Problem

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• But obviously, we're looking for all good ideas to help deal with our long-term debt problem. This is something that is going to affect our economy. It affects our kids. And we need to deal with it.

  David Axelrod

  Kids, Ideas, Long

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• In the long term, it is desirable that the human race, faced with the prospect of extinction on Earth, should prepare an escape route for itself to another inhabitable planet.

  Paul Johnson

  Race, Long, Earth

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• Although the decision to get a dog can seem light on the surface, it's actually a long-term commitment much like a human mate. The consequences of a bad decision can be difficult for everyone involved.

  Elizabeth Holmes

  Dog, Commitment, Light

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• Obviously plastics have served very important purposes and been incredibly convenient but as we begin to witness the long-term consequences of the chemical components leaching into our water and our bodies, we're going to be forced to look for alternatives to how we package goods and food.

  Edward Norton

  Water, Long, Important

  "Earth Chats: Edward Norton". The Washington Post Live Chat, www.slate.com. April 22, 2008.

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• The secret to desire in a long-term relationship

  Esther Perel

  Long, Secret, Desire

  Twitter post from Apr 20, 2015

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• Remember anything you want that's valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Pain, Order

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.78, Simon and Schuster

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• It is always easiest to run with the herd; at times, it can take a deep reservoir of courage and conviction to stand apart from it. Yet distancing yourself from the crowd is an essential component of long-term investment success.

  Seth Klarman

  Running, Investment Success, Long

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• I've wanted somehow to convey to you the sensations - the atmospheric pressure, you might say - of what it is to be seriously a long-term prisoner in an American prison.

  Jack Abbott

  Long, Might, Pressure

  Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage

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• I understand very well that politicians always have to bridge the gap until the next election, even if long-term dangers increase as a result. But as an economist, my time horizon is longer.

  Hans-Werner Sinn

  Bridges, Long, Gaps

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I don't worry about long-term history. I won't be around to read it.

  George W. Bush

  Long, Worry, Term

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• Germany's population is getting older and older and smaller and smaller. To be able to finance our welfare system over the long term, we need more women in the workforce, more children and more immigrants.

  Paul Achleitner

  Children, Long, Getting Older

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Russia has the largest reserves of natural resources, including iron and natural gas. The market will develop in the long term, and the VW Group will benefit from it.

  Martin Winterkorn

  Russia, Iron, Long

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• The pure administration of Graham-and-Doddery really needs a long-term lock-up like Warren Buffett has, or it will have occasional quite dreadful client problems.

  Jeremy Grantham

  Long, Needs, Locks

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• People try to be more edgy, or write about that first explosive meeting between two people in a club, but not so much the long-term issues; I don't know how to write a song about teenage heartbreak anymore.

  Joe Goddard

  Song, Teenage, Writing

  "Hot Chip". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 8, 2012.

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• Pressure to produce over the short term - a gun to the head of everyone - encourages excessive risk taking which manifests itself in several ways - fully invested posture at all times, the use of leverage, and a market centric orientation that makes it difficult to stand apart from the crowd and take a long term perspective.

  Seth Klarman

  Gun, Perspective, Long

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