#duration

In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country. ↗

— George William Norris

#been #compelled #country #course #duration

There's always a question of duration, there's a question of who the orchestra is. No one is free to write what you want - you collaborate on a film score, and one of the good things is that someone else's work is motivating you. ↗

— Michael Nyman

#collaborate #duration #else #film #free

Through a huge duration of my life, someone has always picked up after me. And when you're on your own and you're trying to be independent, it's definitely different. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#always #definitely #different #duration #huge

Pride in boasting of family antiquity, makes duration stand for merit. ↗

— John Zimmerman

#boasting #duration #family #makes #merit

Time is nothing absolute; its duration depends on the rate of thought and feeling. ↗

— John Draper

#depends #duration #feeling #nothing #rate

From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#any #confidence #down #duration #government

Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan's real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long duration. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#china #duration #greatly #japan #long

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#carrying #duration #favors #fortune #her

The electroencephalogram represents a continuous curve with continuous oscillations in which... one can distinguish larger first order waves with an average duration of 90 milliseconds and smaller second order waves of an average duration of 35 milliseconds. ↗

— Hans Berger

#continuous #curve #distinguish #duration #first

The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for the duration. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

#duration #i #jazz #month #september