“Latinas' life expectancies are relatively long. When a current retiree hits 65 and begins receiving her benefit check, she can expect to live another 22 years. That life expectancy is higher than white women or men.” MenYearsLongWhiteHigherBenefitsCurrentsChecksReceivingExpectancyLatinaLife Expectancy Author:Grace Napolitano
“In the long term, the United States could greatly benefit Islam by uniquely freeing the religion from government constraints and permitting it to evolve in a positive, modern direction. But that's the long term.” LongStatesGovernmentTermUnitedUnited StatesModernBenefitsIslamEvolveLong TermConstraints Author:Daniel Pipes
“I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your head like a virtual space.” WritingLongSpacePlansBenefitsNarrative Author:Jonathan Lethem
“No benefit comes from a just man's prayer if he who asks for it finds more pleasure in sin than in virtue. For Samuel mourned over Saul when he sinned, but he was not able to obtain God's mercy, for his grief was not supported by the necessary change of life on the part of the sinner. Hence God put an end to the pointless grief of His servant, saying to him, 'How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?' (I Sam. 16:1).” IfsMenLongEndsAbleChristianAsksPrayerSinPleasureGriefVirtueSeeingBenefitsMercyIsraelServantLife ChangingSinnerOrthodoxRejectedMournPointlessNecessary Change Author:Maximus the Confessor
“In the long run, outsourcing is another form of trade that benefits the U.S. economy by giving us cheaper ways to do things.” WayGivingLongRunningFormEconomyBenefitsTradeLong RunsCheaperOutsourcing Author:Janet Yellen
“A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits.” LongBigsLife IsTermSecretBenefitsEntertainmentLong TermEntertaining Author:Orrin Woodward
“Every time a significant discovery is being made one sets in motion a tremendous activity in laboratories and industrial enterprises throughout the world. It is like the ant who suddenly finds food and walks back to the anthill while sending out material called food attracting substance. The other ants follow the path immediately in order to benefit from the finding and continue to do so as long as the supply is rich.” WorldLongMadeScienceOrderWalksPathRichMaterialsActivityBenefitsFindingsDiscoverySignificantSubstanceEnterpriseAntsLaboratory Author:Bengt I. Samuelsson
“I realized a long time ago that instead of being jealous you can be inspired and appreciative. It carries more energy to you... That can be an awesome motivating force that can improve your life if you choose to be inspired and not jealous. One (being jealous) has no benefit whatsoever, the other is an incredible resource for creating momentum and improvement.” IfsLongEnergyForceBenefitsCreatingLong TimeResourcesInspiredIncrediblesI RealizedImprovementCarrieMmaJealousYou ChooseLong Time AgoMomentumBe InspiredAppreciativeBeing JealousNot JealousImprove Your Life Author:Joe Rogan
“Trade agreements are a net benefit for the world, and a net benefit for our foreign policy, and in the long run, given the dislocations, are a net benefit for us, too.” WorldLongRunningGivenPolicyBenefitsTradeAgreementForeign PolicyLong RunsTrade AgreementsDislocation Author:David Brooks
“The idea of a wanton woman is something I have inserted into almost all of my books. An outlaw figure who is disallowed in the community because of her imagination or activity or status - that kind of anarchic figure has always fascinated me. And the benefits they bring with them, in spite of the fact that they are either dismissed or upbraided - something about their presence is constructive in the long run.” KindLongBookIdeasFactsRunningCommunityImaginationFiguresActivityBenefitsSpiteFascinatedLong RunsConstructiveOutlawWanton Author:Toni Morrison