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title: "11 Things Longer Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Things last so much longer than people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bess-streeter-aldrich/things-last-so-much-longer-than-people/)

[Bess Streeter Aldrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bess-streeter-aldrich/)

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> [I like to wear things for longer than one season.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-klum/i-like-to-wear-things-for-longer-than-one-season/)

[Heidi Klum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-klum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/heidi-klum-2036_fashion_i-like-to-wear-things-for-longer-than-on_2384021.png)

> [Once you clear out from your consciousness things that no longer matter, you're able to make room for other things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupaul/once-you-clear-out-from-your-consciousness-things-that-no-longer/)

[RuPaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupaul/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/rupaul-1537_clear_once-you-clear-out-from-your-consciousne_873247.png)

> [At first I saw you everywhere. Now only in certain things, at longer intervals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-gl-ck/at-first-i-saw-you-everywhere-now-only-in-certain-things-at-longer/)

[Louise Glück](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-gl-ck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/louise-gl-ck-9177_certain_at-first-i-saw-you-everywhere-now-only-i_327155.png)

> [Let go of the things that can no longer be fixed. If you try to force them back, things will only get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-go-of-the-things-that-can-no-longer-be-fixed-if-you-try-to-force/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [You always need enough results to buy you time to do things over a longer period of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nigel-pearson/you-always-need-enough-results-to-buy-you-time-to-do-things-over-a/)

[Nigel Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nigel-pearson/)

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> [Our politicians screw up all the time, as we see. But with so many things, we're no longer the world leader in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sagal/our-politicians-screw-up-all-the-time-as-we-see-but-with-so-many/)

[Peter Sagal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sagal/)

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> [A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/a-good-rule-of-thumb-for-many-things-in-life-holds-that-things-take/)

[Lawrence Summers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-summers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/lawrence-summers-16940_faster_a-good-rule-of-thumb-for-many-things-in_51546.jpg)

> [“Sometimes, when things take longer than you thought they would, it's just a gentle reminder from your greater self that you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-dooley/sometimes-when-things-take-longer-than-you-thought-they-would-it-s/)

[Mike Dooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-dooley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/mike-dooley-9315_gentle-reminder_sometimes-when-things-take-longer-than-y_2919560.jpg)

> [I can always make things longer than I intend for them to be, but cutting things down is just brutal. It's like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephenie-meyer/i-can-always-make-things-longer-than-i-intend-for-them-to-be-but/)

[Stephenie Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephenie-meyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/stephenie-meyer-91_brutal_i-can-always-make-things-longer-than-i-i_2516440.png)

> [Some things just have a short, beautiful life, and some things have a longer one. One hopes that the things that go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-brannagh/some-things-just-have-a-short-beautiful-life-and-some-things-have-a/)

[Brigid Brannagh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-brannagh/)

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