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- From Kriol langa. Compare Bislama and Tok Pisin long. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Keeping oneself in the public eye, which helps maintain at least the financial aspect of the success going, is vital in the media age where memory is so short, inverting the old Roman adage, "ars longa, vita brevis.”
The Huffington Post: Daniel Grant: There's a Lot of Backbiting Among Artists
“O recurso à ilegalidade por parte desse pessoal é de longa data: fechamento de portões, barricadas, violência e destruição do patrimônio público, invasões de prédios, são coisas que já fazem parte do cotidiano da USP já faz muito tempo.”
Global Voices in English » Brazil: The country’s largest university becomes a battlefield
“Respeitem esse rio, que não é esse, mas é o Rio Amazonas, e todos terão vida longa.”
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Students arrested for demonstrating in the Senate
“Ars longa ... in The Enemies of Jupiter means 'the skill lasts a long time ...”
Some Frequently Asked Questions addressed to Roman Mysteries author Caroline Lawrence
“Roomba art é um grupo do Fickr que agrupa fotos de longa exposição dos aspiradores-robô Roomba a limpar quartos e salas.”
“With some clever recycling derring-do and a strong dose of whimsy, he resurrects the rejected, which makes perfect sense: if ars longa, vita brevis, why not the same thing with the materials that made the paintings?”
The Huffington Post: James Scarborough: PHOTOS: 'Paint Tube People' Use Every Part Of The Paint Tube
“Cada vez mais conhecido dentro e fora do país, o rapper Azagaia - Edson da Luz de seu real nome - deu uma longa entrevista ao “O País”, a conferir aqui [pt].”
Global Voices in English » Mozambique: House of the Flying Azagaias
“Miamibrit said ... thank you for an insightful and amusing account of some concerts I wish I could have attended ... ars longa meter brevis - I shall have to remember that one”
“Alas, the aforesaid parking situation (ars longa; meter brevis) meant I had to leave before one of my favorites, the BWV 1052 D-minor concerto.”
“If they don't wait too longa nd just make the film then sure.”
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