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"The public always loves anything that's different, as long as it's well-made, if it's well-done. You never know what to expect when you go to one of these so-called superhero movies."
"How long had he been doing what was necessary instead of what was right? In a fair world they would be one and the same."
"Wounds to the pride are remembered long after wounds to the flesh."
"I had long wondered," Lan said to Tam. "About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know." Lan raised his own sword in salute."
"No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.' -Rand"
"I believe that as long as a single man may try, any unjustifiable barrier against his efforts is a barrier against mankind."
"The [next] priority for change the first element of a new politics for the United States is in our policy toward the world. Too much and for too long, we have acted as if our great military might and wealth could bring about an American solution to every world problem."
"When everybody has access to an avalanche of information, becoming a master thinker is very important in your life-long security."
"Something indefinite is always worse than something definite, a strong fear that doesn't last very long is easier than one that's nebulous but doesn't go away."
"Long-protracted suffering is apt to exhaust not only the invalid, but the compassion of others; violent emotions cannot be prolonged endlessly."
"O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song!"
"But that is the object of long living, that man should cease to care about life."
"My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring"
"The full truth of this odd matter is what the world has long been looking for and the public curiosity is sure to welcome."
"When we look in to the long avenue of the future, and see the good there is for each one of us to do, we realize, after all, what a beautiful thing it is to work, and to live, and to be happy."
"America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long."
"We have a lot of long narrative poems written in the 20th century, but they're not very well known, and they're not read by very many people."
"I believe I have a calling. Do you know what that calling is? To stand up in a new and hard core, radical way for the Lord. In the process, if I insult a couple of people, if I offend a couple of people, and if I got to shake it up a little bit, as long as it is led by the Holy Spirit, amen."
"In the long run, you can never accomplish a worthy end with an unworthy means."
"Suppose you were to come upon someone in the woods working feverishly to saw down a tree. "What are you doing?" you ask. "Can't you see?" comes the impatient reply. "I'm sawing down this tree." "You look exhausted!" you exclaim. "How long have you been at it?" "Over five hours," he returns, "and I'm beat! This is hard work." 'Well, why don't you take a break for a few minutes and sharpen that saw?" you inquire. "I'm sure it would go a lot faster." "I don't have time to sharpen the saw," the man says emphatically. "I'm too busy sawing!""
