Longevity Quotes - Page 9

• I don't like to put outrageous titles on young guys' heads, but he could be one of the best at that position. All it's going to take are longevity and health. If he has those two things by his side, he'll be one of the best.

  Nate Burleson

  Two, Guy, Titles

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• Strength and conditioning are the keys to good performance and longevity in gymnastics.

  Suzanne Yoculan

  Motivational, Gymnastics, Keys

  Suzanne Yoculan, Bill Donalson (2006). “Perfect 10: The UGA GymDogs and the Rise of Women's College Gymnastics in America”, p.100, Gibbs Smith

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• Beware the machinery of longevity. When a man's life is over the decent thing is for him to die. The forest does not withhold itself from death. What it gives up it takes back.

  Wendell Berry

  Giving Up, Men, Doe

  Wendell Berry (2009). “The Mad Farmer Poems”, p.6, Counterpoint Press

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• I'm interested in longevity, timelessness, style - not fashion.

  Ralph Lauren

  Fashion, Luxury, Style

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• Rich parents are famous both for miserliness and astonishing longevity. And, when they finally do die, you'll find they've left their estate in inviolate trust to the golden retrievers.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Family, Parent, Golden Retrievers

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.20, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The only President who clearly died of overwork was Polk, and that was a long time ago. Hoover, who worked intensely and humorlessly as President, lived for more than thirty years after the White House; Truman, who worked intensely and gaily, lived for twenty

  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

  Years, White, Long

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• Life protracted is protracted woe.

  Samuel Johnson

  Woe

  'The Vanity of Human Wishes' (1749) l. 255

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• Medical science has oppressed us with a new huge burden of longevity. It is in that last undesired decade, when passion is cold, appetites feeble, curiosity dulled and experience has begotten cynicism, that accidia lies in wait as the final temptation to destruction.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Lying, Passion, Waiting

  Evelyn Waugh (1983). “The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh”, Methuen

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• Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge.

  Eric Burdon

  Senior, Growing Up, Heart

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• You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Believe, People, Naysayers

  "Vanessa Williams reflects on motherhood, struggle and stardom". Interview with Ashley Strickland, www.cnn.com. May 9, 2012.

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• I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment.

  Chuck D

  Sports, Awards, Years

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• My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.

  Hale Irwin

  Mom, Dad, Athlete

  "Hale Irwin honored with Nicholson Award, talks golf and football". Interview, www.denverpost.com. May 8, 2012.

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• I've been fortunate to work with Alfre Woodard and Jeffrey Wright; people who are artists, have careers, longevity and full lives. That looks good to me.

  Nicole Beharie

  Artist, Careers, People

  "Exclusive! Nicole Beharie Talks Career Choices, Burden Of Representation, Being An “It” Girl & More". Interview with Vanessa Martinez, www.indiewire.com. August 27, 2011.

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• Perhaps I have managed some sort of longevity because I haven't won the lead roles.

  Selma Blair

  Roles, Havens

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• For me, the most interesting thing is longevity and sustaining a career, because that's what's truly difficult.

  John Cho

  Careers, Interesting, Difficult

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

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• I am guilty of using dollar signs as proof of a work of art's longevity.

  Barbara Goldsmith

  Art, Dollars, Guilty

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• [When questioned on his longevity] First of all, I selected my ancestors very wisely. ... They were long-lived, healthy people. Then, as a chemist, I know how to eat, how to exercise, keep my blood circulating. ... I don't worry. I don't get angry at people. I don't worry about things I can't help. I do what I can to make the world a better place to live, but I don't complain if things aren't right. As a scientist I take the world as I find it.

  Joel Henry Hildebrand

  Wisdom, Exercise, Science

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• I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.

  Laura Marling

  Needs, Records, Want

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

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• The centerpiece of 'Law and Order' is the crime, and it starts with the writing. There's a beginning, a middle and an end. It allows the audience to watch any given episode and can drop right in and not feel lost. I think the stark, raw structure has a lot to do with its longevity.

  Danny Pino

  Writing, Thinking, Order

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• One or two of my friends set longevity records for people who had AIDS. What they did, incredibly hard though it was, was to practice meditation, positive thinking and they worked out physically quite a bit.

  Frederick Lenz

  Health, Positive Thinking, Buddhism

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• For me, the key to longevity - and immortality, in a sense - has to do with transformation.

  Marilyn Manson

  Keys, Transformation, Immortality

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• I'm not even sure I like surgery, but I like what it does, I like the effects. I like to be able to give people longevity and quality of life, and I also think it's good for people to use the special gifts and talents that they have. And when I was in medical school, when I began to analyze the gifts and talents that I had, I realized that surgery would probably be a very good fit for me.

  Benjamin Carson

  School, Thinking, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think America causes cancer, longevity is less important than fun, and young people should be discouraged from voting.

  Bill Maher

  Fun, Cancer, Thinking

  "Politically Incorrect" by Ken Tucker, www.ew.com. June 7, 2002.

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• I think it's really hard to say now what makes a show kind of sink or swim, and what creates longevity. For instance, I think that Survivor is a very well produced show. It's very simple, it's very elemental, and I think it gets into big issues. I think American Idol has been an amazing show for many, many seasons.

  Dan Cutforth

  Simple, Thinking, Idols

  "Reality Check: Dan Cutforth On What Keeps ‘Top Chef’ Sharp, Cutting Through The Clutter & What’s Next". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. June 16, 2014.

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• As far as from a standpoint of success, the only person who is in a position to make a claim like that sort [for the 'King Of The South' title] would be Lil Wayne - as far as success from a numbers standpoint. As far as longevity and success, that's the only person I feel like can say that.

  T.I.

  Kings, Numbers, Titles

  "T.I. Speaks On His Self Proclaimed Title, 'King Of The South'". uproxx.com. August 23, 2010.

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