- Pen
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- Nov 07, 2020
Morning Quotes
How you start the morning sets the tone.
A few of these are about quiet, private morning routines — writing early, reading the news — while another compares real friendship to the effort behind a good cup of coffee. For a spiritual start to the day, see our Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Gravy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our traditions have been waking up on Christmas morning and feasting on a southern breakfast. I'm from the South. We eat grits and biscuits and gravy and eggs with Ritz crackers and country ham, bacon, you name it.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really personalized the pressure to make a good 'Toy Story' film. It made me physically sick at the beginning. Literally, I wanted to throw up in the morning because I was just so racked with stress.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a gay disabled man who has become very successful. I don't get up in the morning and think I'm inspirational; I just get up thinking that I love horses.
- Company
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- Nov 07, 2020
And the greeter is what sets the tone for this company and I've been on TV a little bit this morning.
- Sleep
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't say in the morning, 'Look, Leandra, here are a bunch of women. Put that bronzer down.' It's more that I'm busy and whatever helps you get out the door and go to sleep easier.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want Man Repeller to feel like you're waking up in the morning, you're calling your girlfriend, you don't know what she is going to say, you don't really care what she has to say, but you know you're going to like it, and you're going to laugh and hang up the phone and feel ready to take on the day with all this new knowledge.
- Global Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
It says something about this new global economy that USA Today now reports every morning on the day's events in Asian markets.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a coffee-loving family, and you can always tell when my sister and I have been around, because both of us collect all the dead coffee from everyone's morning cup, pour it over ice, and drink it. This is a disgusting habit.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I don't exercise in the morning, it's a completely different day than when I do.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is funny, the things you miss about a more conventional lifestyle. I miss seemingly mundane tasks, like cleaning the kitchen, moving my furniture around to achieve just the right look, and checking the mailbox. I miss making my bed in the morning before work.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every weekday morning, I picture my first paragraph while I hike with my dog Milo near Mulholland Drive, looking out over the San Fernando Valley. I edit the paragraph, then memorize it, so that when I get back home and sit down at my computer, the blank screen's tyranny lasts only a second or two. A brief reign!
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
It only worked for a little while; the morning after I agreed to go with Universal, an article came out in the Hollywood trade papers, and the secret was out.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
On Christmas morning, we always make breakfast, and everyone eats before we open any presents. I make muffins and homemade applesauce, which I don't think anyone likes as much as I do... I just love the way it makes the house smell!
- Keep Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think getting up every morning is the most amazing thing any of us do. We know what's out there, and yet we keep going.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020