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.

I've had, like, four long-term boyfriends. I tend to be in relationships for long periods of time.

When you're a boxer, there is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity.

Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it.

They used to complain at school that I looked out of the window for long periods of time - that sums up my life. I like to look out the window, do nothing, daydream.

As you know, in most areas of science, there are long periods of beginning before we really make progress.