#protracted

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#democratic #democratic country #endanger #fail #freedom

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character. ↗

— Heraclitus

#character #created #day #develop #effort

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#benefited #country #never #protracted #war

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion. ↗

— Franklin Pierce

#discussion #frequently #more #protracted #subject

A protracted legislative fight will not move us closer to where the music industry wants to be - delivering music to fans through a variety of different, innovative Web sites. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#delivering #different #fans #fight #industry

Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only talent and enthusiasm, but also that knowledge and perception which are the result of protracted study and reflection. ↗

— Alban Berg

#also #composers #disciples #enthusiasm #feeling

They emphasize the viewpoint that the protracted economic stagnation in Japan derives from incomplete economic adjustments to significant changes in relative prices. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#derives #economic #economic stagnation #emphasize #incomplete

One of the hardest aspects of this protracted public persona is not knowing others as well as they feel they know me. It's a rather clumsy feeling actually; to not know someone who acts as though you're old friends. ↗

— Christopher Knight

#actually #aspects #clumsy #feel #feeling

The curious defiled past him, after squeezing the Presidential fingers into the room, and settled either on the sofa or chairs or remained standing for protracted observations. ↗

— Henry Villard

#chairs #curious #either #fingers #him

As music migrates into our iPods, CD collections require less and less room, residing in our heads rather than resounding off the walls. The protracted labor of amassing a personal music library has lost its detective zeal. ↗

— James Wolcott

#collections #detective #heads #into #labor