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I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span.

"Billionaire Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's right-hand man, offers sage advice on how to be productive" by Farnam Street, www.businessinsider.com. March 17, 2016.

Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

Walker Evans (2004). “Many are Called”, p.202, Yale University Press

Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.

"Stephen King's Wife Spins P'Cola Yarn". Interview with Sam Baltrusis, www.inweekly.net. June 15, 2006.

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

"All Men Are Mortal". Book by Simone de Beauvoir, 1946.

In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.

Loretta Lynn (2010). “Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter”, p.71, Vintage

Waiting and hoping is a hard thing to do when you've already been waiting and hoping for almost as long as you can bear it.

Jenny Nimmo (2012). “Children of the Red King #2: Charlie Bone and the Time Twister”, p.179, Scholastic Inc.

A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.

James Madison (1787). “The Writings of James Madison: 1787. The journal of the Constitutional convention”, p.317