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“Slow but steady wins the race.” Aesop, Aesop's Fables
“However, he means to succeed, and a man who has centuries before him can afford to wait and to go slow.” Bram Stoker, Dracula
“He moved in a way that suggested he was attempting the world speed record for the nonchalant walk.” Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic
“We grow up in isolation. Only slowly do we teach ourselves the Cosmos.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos
“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“You have to realize it's going to be a long process and that you'll work on things slowly, one at a time.” Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“I made friends slowly, when I made them.” Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Clocks are slow on Sundays.” Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's
“she has travelled for four weeks with the untroubled unhaste of a change of season.” William Faulkner, Light in August
“Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward.” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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