“I feel that for the first time in a long time, educated Pakistanis are returning to their country to start up educational projects, to start up businesses, so instead of the brain-drain that happened in the 1950s and 1960s, the country is growing and improving economically.” FeelsFirstsLongCountryBrainGrowingHappenedProjectsLong TimeFirst TimeEducationalEducatedImproving1960sDrainsBrain Drain Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting.” LongStoriesHandsActorsVoiceActingPathHeardProjectsUniqueDevelopingMinoritiesUnique Voices Author:Jimmy Smits
“I'm fascinated with genetic science, and I have been for a very long time. I always look at science and technology because I think that the developments in my lifetime have been so remarkable - and we're only at the tip of the iceberg with projects like decoding the human genome.” ThinkingHumansLooksLongHas BeensTechnologyDevelopmentProjectsLong TimeLifetimeRemarkableFascinatedScience And TechnologyIcebergGenomeTip Of The Iceberg Author:Nick Rhodes
“One of the most important things for a country, particularly when it's seeking to attract long-term capital in big risky projects that are going to have a payback over many years if not decades, is to be seen as being a predictable environment where tax changes will be few. But if they are going to come about they'll come about in a way that you know is predictable, understandable.” IfsKnowsWayYearsLongImportantCountryBigsTermEnvironmentTaxesProjectsImportant ThingsSeekingDecadesLong TermPredictablePayback Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“I'm an impatient guy and tend not to like to stay with one thing for a long time. I'll never be able to write as many scripts as I did for "Felicity" or "Alias" ever again. I'm just too impatient these days. I want to get on to the next project.” WantWritingLongAbleGuyNextOne ThingProjectsLong TimeScriptsThese DaysImpatientFelicityAliases Author:J. J. Abrams
“The Internet is part of this ongoing, species-long project we've been working on since we climbed down out of the trees in the savanna. We've been working on it without really knowing it.” LongKnowingTreeInternetProjectsSpeciesOngoingSavanna Author:William Gibson
“Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period, it's difficult to see new projects to fruition.” LongSometimesTogetherDifficultPeriodsProjectsWorking TogetherOrganisationFruitionNew Projects Author:Akio Morita
“I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner.” KindLongBookLiteratureFeltWrittenFiguresCallingRepublicanProjectsAskingDemocratDinnerBonesAll KindsHatedUncomfortable Author:Bob Woodward
“As an actor, I never really had a strategy. I just take projects, as they come. It all comes down to the writing, at the end of the day, for me. I don't care if it's a two-line cameo or the lead of the thing, as long as the project has some weight behind the writing and it's interesting and I think people will enjoy it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingLongTwoEndsCareActorsEnjoyLinesInterestingBehindsProjectsWeightStrategyDon't CareI Don't CareThe End Of The DayCameos Author:Chris Vance
“I am excited to be on set. I love what I do. As long as I have that feeling, then I'm gonna stick to it. As long as I'm lucky enough to get projects and keep working, I will always be grateful for it.” LongEnoughFeelingsLuckyProjectsGratefulSticksExcitedBe Grateful Author:Michelle Trachtenberg
“Every relationship should eventually become a long-term relationship. Any director that I meet now isn't just a director. He's potentially a friend, and someone I can call to do a project that I want or that I have. That's what I mean when I say branding and developing yourself, as a business.” WantShouldMeanLongI CanTermDirectorsProjectsDevelopingLong TermBrandingLong Term Relationship Author:Kevin Hart
“My greatest disappointment in all the projects I worked on during the White House years was the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment to be ratified. ... Why all the controversy and why such difficulty in giving women the protection of the Constitution that should have been theirs long ago?” GivingShouldYearsLongHas BeensHouseWhiteRightsEqualProjectsShould HaveConstitutionDifficultyDisappointmentProtectionWhite HouseAmendmentsLong AgoWomens RightsControversyEqual RightsShould Have BeenEqual Rights Amendment Author:Rosalynn Carter
“As long as we try to project from the relative and conditioned to the absolute and unconditioned, we shall keep the pendulum swinging between dogmatism and skepticism. The only way to stop this increasingly tiresome pendulum swing is to change our conception of what philosophy is good for. But that is not something which will be accomplished by a few neat arguments. It will be accomplished, if it ever is, by a long, slow process of cultural change - that is to say, of change in common sense, changes in the intuitions available for being pumped up by philosophical arguments.” IfsWayTryingLongPhilosophyProcessCommonProjectsArgumentAbsolutesPhilosophicalAvailableIntuitionCommon SenseAccomplishedConceptionRelativeSwingsSkepticismNeatDogmatismTiresomePendulumsCultural Change Author:Richard Rorty
“[On her collaboration with Adolph Green:] We stare at each other. We meet, whether or not we have a project, just to keep up a continuity of working. There are long periods when nothing happens, and it's just boring and disheartening. But we have a theory that nothing's wasted, even those long days of staring at one another. You sort of have to believe that, don't you? That you had to go through all that to get to the day when something did happen.” BelieveLongHappensCreativityTheoryPeriodsProjectsGreenBoringThings HappenStaringCollaborationContinuityLong DayDisheartening Author:Betty Comden
“The most reckless sinner against his own conscience has always in the background the consolation that he will go on in this course only this time, or only so long, but that at such a time he will amend. We may be assured that we do not stand clear with our own consciences so long as we determine or project, or even hold it possible, at some future time to alter our course of action.” MayLongActionCoursesClearGoes OnProjectsConscienceDetermineBackgroundsSinnerConsolationAssuredRecklessFuture Time Author:Johann Gottlieb Fichte
“It used to be said, not so long ago, that every suicide gave Satan special pleasure. I don't think that's true-unless it isn't true either that the Devil is a gentleman. If the Devil has no class at all, then okay, I agree: He gets a bang out of suicide. Because suicide is a mess. As a subject for study, suicide is perhaps uniquely incoherent. And the act itself is without shape and without form. The human project implodes, contorts inward-shameful, infantile, writhing, gesturing. It's a mess in there.” IfsThinkingHumansLongSaidFormUsedPleasureClassStudySpecialSubjectsShapesProjectsDevilOkayAgreeSuicideUsed To BeMessGentlemanSatanLong AgoInwardBangsShamefulInfantile Author:Martin Amis
“I have always said that your work stays with you for a long time, and I try to get involved in projects where I truly believe if I had to do them again, I would the same way.” IfsWayTryingBelieveLongSaidInvolvedProjectsLong TimeGet Involved Author:Marc Anthony
“The people I'm working with tend to be people I know, who are my friends, and I like hanging out with them. There's nothing better than making a long-term project with your friends. It's just dreamy.” PeopleKnowsLongTermProjectsMy FriendsLong TermHanging OutDreamy Author:Tilda Swinton
“I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective.” YearsLongWantedHoursCareersRegretPerspectiveSixProjectsMajorsLong TimeTrainingEightChampionshipCompetingGet OverAthleticsNew ProjectsDoldrums Author:Daley Thompson
“Television and movies just take so long. If you pitch a show or develop a project, it can be a year before your show even gets on the air, if it gets picked up. Just the concept of "I had this idea" and within a week it was in the world, that was a part of why it felt weirdly empowering as a performer.” IfsWorldYearsLongIdeasShowsFeltAirWeekTelevisionProjectsConceptsEmpoweringPerformers Author:Chris Hardwick
“How many films are there about friendships between teenagers? And how many projects are there dealing with friendships among adults? True friendships - really dealing with the intimacy behind what happened then, and how long you've known each other, and the wounds that haven't healed. That's what [About Alex] film is about.” LongFilmBehindsKnownHappenedHavensProjectsAdultsWoundsIntimacyTeenagerTrue FriendHealedTrue FriendshipAlexAbout Friendship Author:Nate Parker
“I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.” MenLongProjectsI RealizedBoredMarathonSprintSprintersMarathon Man Author:Marjane Satrapi
“I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project. The project that influenced me the most is this cooking show I do online. I film it all myself, and I think making so many of those gave me the confidence that all I need is a camera, and I could go and do an interview. The freedom to be a filmmaker - you just need a camera.” ThinkingNeedsLongShowsFilmPassionEnergyCrazySubjectsAmountProjectsCamerasCookingFilmmakerInterviewsOnlineLove MakingCooking Shows Author:Tamra Davis
“Nothing is more debilitating than to care about something you can't do anything about. And you can't do anything about your adult children. You can want better for them, and maybe even begin to provide something for them, but in the long run, you cannot do anything about someone else's vibration other than hold them in the best light you can, mentally, and then project that to them. And sometimes, distance makes that much more possible than being up close to them.” WantChildrenLongSometimesLightCareRunningProjectsAdultsDistanceLong RunsVibrationsCaring For OthersAdult ChildrenGrown Children Author:Esther Hicks
“My only real requirement is that I like the projects to be good and I like the people that I work with to be really nice people and great people, and as long as that's the case the music is fun to do always.” PeopleLongRealFunCasesNiceProjectsMusic IsBe GoodBeing RealRequirementsGreat PeopleReally NiceNice People Author:Christopher Lennertz
“I feel very blessed to have had the opportunities that have already come. I want to pursue it as long as I can find characters that resonate with me and projects that resonate with me. I feel very comfortable in that world.” WorldWantFeelsLongI CanCharacterOpportunityComfortableProjectsBlessedPursue Author:Sharlto Copley
“Whether a project is large or small, it doesn't matter much to me as long as I feel I can serve the story as best as possible.” FeelsLongI CanMatterStoriesProjects Author:James Ponsoldt
“'The Client List' is my baby. I always tell people, 'It took nine months to put this project together because it is my baby.' And, it really did take that long!” PeopleLongTogetherBabyMonthsProjectsListsNineClientsMy BabyNine Months Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt
“A long time ago, I stopped trying to look at projects as genre exercises.” TryingLooksLongExerciseProjectsLong TimeGenreLong Time Ago Author:Ron Howard
“Whenever I audition for something, if I get excited about the project I'm totally committed to it from that point on. But it can also be a long process, so when I eventually get given the part it's then that I realise that I've actually got to do it and here comes the work!” IfsLongGivenProcessProjectsCommittedExcitedRealisingAuditions Author:Matthew Kane
“I haven't taken any new projects in the past years - I told myself, if I cannot live long enough to finish it, I don't want it.” IfsWantYearsLongEnoughPastTakenHavensProjectsNew Projects Author:I. M. Pei
“My projects have typically taken a long time to complete. Buildings might take on average about five to seven years to finish, but in my case it's been longer, because the projects I have accepted within the past 15 years have been mostly government projects, and those involve some politics and funding issues, and approvals and so forth. So they're slower.” YearsLongHas BeensGovernmentMightPastCasesIssuesTakenFiveBuildingProjectsLong TimeSevenAverageAcceptedApprovalSeven YearsFunding Author:I. M. Pei
“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.” IfsKnowsPersonsLongGivenTermBehaviorProjectsFaithfulLong TermTrustworthyMistrustLibertineNot Trustworthy Author:Ben Kingsley
“I don't think people understand how much hard work innovation is. That it's not just getting an idea. You really have to cross your T's and dot your I's long before you ever start on the project. I don't think people perceive that about me. I work hard.” PeopleThinkingLongIdeasHardHard WorkProjectsCrossesInnovationPerceiveDots Author:Nolan Bushnell
“If I retain any freshness of approach, it's by going slowly having long intervals between finished projects.” IfsLongProjectsApproachFinishedIntervalsFreshness Author:Lorrie Moore
“I was a lousy academic. I spent most of my time in the cafeteria. But I met fantastic people from all kinds of fields; law, medicine, history, and they eventually dispersed all over the world to do their fieldwork. I liked the way these people committed to the long term in a sincere, visionary way. Their projects weren't about "next season." They were ten-year commitments. They were lifestyle choices that had traditions of fieldwork built into them - moving around, living on location, discipline, a real rigor for research.” PeopleWorldWayYearsKindLongRealMovingLawChoicesNextTermFieldsDisciplineMetsTenProjectsResearchCommitmentBuiltTraditionSeasonsMedicineCommittedLifestyleAll KindsFantasticLong TermMy TimeSincereAcademicLocationVisionariesLiving OnRigorCafeteriaLifestyle ChoicesFieldwork Author:Aleksandra Mir
“I am very pleased to see this project moving ahead. The Hamilton Airport serves as an international gateway to south-western Ontario. This new facility will allow the airport to expand its air cargo business and help strengthen the local economy. This is another example of Ontario's commitment to public infrastructure that contributes to long-term growth for the region.” LongHelpingMovingGrowthTermEconomyAirExampleProjectsCommitmentSouthWesternInternationalLocalsLong TermRegionsAirportsInfrastructureFacilityGatewaysHamiltonMoving AheadCargoOntario Author:Ted McMeekin
“We have heard projects with some of the writers, who we've been in business with for a long time at the studio, that we've heard as a studio - often, pitches that are still in their formation stage where we or the writers have wanted our input on developing them. We've probably heard more pitches with the network hat on. Certainly all of the outside pitches are that way, and many of the pitches that have been in great shape coming out of the studio we've heard from a network perspective.” WayLongHas BeensStillsWantedHeardStagePerspectiveShapesProjectsLong TimeStudiosDevelopingHatsComing OutFormationInput Author:Gary Numan
“I'm usually two projects ahead. It's hard for me because I don't have a really long attention span.” LongTwoHardAttentionProjectsAttention SpanReally Long Author:Joe Swanberg
“A robust internal auditing program shows its presence both at the beginning and end of continual improvement projects. In the beginning, internal audits identify opportunities for improvement, at the end, internal audits provide a mechanism for monitoring the implemented improvement in order to sustain its benefits for the long term.” LongEndsShowsOrderOpportunityTermBenefitsProjectsProgramImprovementLong TermInternalsMechanismRobustMonitoringBeginnings And EndsContinual Improvement Author:John Novak
“Every time I've gotten myself into trouble, it's because I'm choosing a project based on a long-term career goal as opposed to something that speaks to me at the moment.” LongMomentsSpeakGoalTermCareersTroubleProjectsLong TermCareer Goals Author:Ryan Reynolds
“When I want to tackle a story or a subject, I always ask myself three questions: Is it important to talk about that? Will it interest other people than just me? Can I live with that for three or four years because that's how long it takes to do the project, to write the script, and to direct it, and then to do this.” PeopleWantWritingYearsLongImportantStoriesThreeAsksInterestFourSubjectsProjectsDirectScriptsFour Years Author:Philippe Falardeau
“Haiti should remind us all that there is an immediate need to invest in and promote long-term development projects that are sustainable, scalable, and proven to work.” NeedsShouldLongTermDevelopmentProjectsLong TermProvenHaiti Author:Bill Gates
“I'd done a very long project on Bridges To Babylon. I was on the road for ages with that. When I came off the road, I thought, the next thing I want to do on my own.” WantLongDoneAgeNextMy OwnProjectsBridgesBabylon Author:Mick Jagger
“Seances is an internet project where I intended to adapt at least a hundred and maybe three hundred lost films into ten and twenty minute long fragmentary versions. We then uploaded them to an internet archive that fragmented them even more. We treated them like shreds of lost movie spirits and allowed these spirits to interrupt each other in non-consecutive collisions that formed new movies.” LongFilmSpiritThreeLostMinutesInternetTenProjectsHundredTwentiesTreatedVersionsCollisionArchivesFragmentedConsecutive Author:Guy Maddin
“I've been compiling a list of art project ideas for a long time. These are ideas of things I would love to see someday. They range from the practical - jackets with woodstoves in them - to the sublime - images of nuns on waterslides.” LongArtIdeasProjectsLong TimeListsPracticalsRangeSomedaySublimeJacketsNunArt Projects Author:Misha Collins
“I came to this project and 'Far from Heaven' from completely different vantage points. 'Heaven' was of course about the Douglas Sirk films of that period, with the very specific cinematic language and style of melodrama. With 'Carol,' it was presented to me already packaged, with Cate Blanchett attached and Phyllis Nagy's script complete - when it came to me it had a long history and pre-history.” LongDifferentFilmCoursesLanguageHeavenStylePeriodsProjectsScriptsCinematicCarolsMelodramaVantage Point Author:Todd Haynes
“I write different kinds of sentences, depending on what the book is, and what the project is. I see my work evolving. I'm writing long sentences now, something I didn't use to do. I had some kind of breakthrough, five or six years ago, in Invisible, and in Sunset Park after that. I discovered a new way to write sentences. And I find it exhilarating.” WayWritingYearsKindLongBookDifferentUseFiveSixProjectsYears AgoSentencesInvisibleEvolveParksSunsetDifferent KindsNew WaysBreakthroughExhilarating Author:Paul Auster
“Some of the stories in Dogwalker were written as long as four years ago, but I wouldn't say I've been working on this collection for four years. I have always been a little unsure of whether I could make it as a writer so I've held other jobs and worked on other projects this whole time.” YearsLittlesLongWholeStoriesJobsFourWrittenProjectsYears AgoCollectionsFour YearsUnsure Author:Arthur Bradford