![[Instead] of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long.](/assets/img/quote-photos/instead-of-inquiring-why-the-roman-empire-was-destroyed-we-should-rather-be-su.jpg)
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I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours. Brandon Sanderson
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Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned from them has shaped my understanding of human behavior, of our place in nature. Jane Goodall
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The trouble with me is that for a long time I have just been an I person. All people belong to a We except me. Not to belong to a We makes you too lonesome. Carson McCullers
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At no time am I a quick thinker or writer: whatever I have done in science has solely been by long pondering, patience and industry. Charles Darwin
long-ago long laziness
the less one does, as I long ago observed, the less one can find time to do. Jane Welsh Carlyle
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I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go. Susan B. Anthony
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From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life. Dirk Benedict
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I carry the seeds of death within me and plant them wherever I linger long enough to love. Orson Scott Card
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Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves. Tony Benn