#long period

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#always #best #elected #election #facility

When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything. ↗

— Beck

#everything #long #long period #period #shorthand

Most of my life I've had long periods of feeling down and lost. That's why every five years or so I've smashed my life to pieces and started again. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#down #every #feeling #five #had

I mean, it's not just one day you get up, bang, and you got Osama bin Laden. It's the kind of thing where an awful lot of people over a long period of time - thousands have worked this case and these issues and followed on the leads and captured bad guys and interrogated them and so-forth. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#bad #bad guys #bang #bin #captured

I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes. ↗

— Dario Argento

#ago #back #exploring #fantasy #get

The only time I think about life beyond F1 is when I contemplate becoming a dad. But there's no way that's going to happen while I'm still racing. To be successful in F1 you need to be very selfish in lots of ways and you're away from home for long periods. That's not the kind of father I want to be. ↗

— Jenson Button

#away #becoming #beyond #contemplate #dad

I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn't want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don't answer. ↗

— Arsenio Hall

#answer #any #because #business #calls

I don't like to be away from my family for long periods. ↗

— Richard Karn

#family #i #like #long #long periods

Japan's experience suggests the importance of assessing the sustainability of price stability over a fairly long period, which many central banks have emphasized in recent years. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#banks #central #emphasized #experience #fairly

I was what they call a pool hustler. That's absolutely true. For long periods of time I got by, barely skimmed by, just playing pool. ↗

— George Miller

#barely #call #got #hustler #i