- Nov 07, 2020
Morning Quotes
How you start the morning sets the tone.
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- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea is to go to bed every night with fewer enemies than you had in the morning.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd come to the country to do my Thoreau bit, so I needed an office that looked out onto the woods for inspiration. I converted one of the bedrooms into my workspace and through its windows watched the wildlife appear each morning with the sunrise. Many were the days I would sit in wonder, coffee in hand, for hours.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes a long time to drag myself out of bed, and at night I'm buzzing. As a young man it was helpful, but now I'd like to be tired when I go to bed and alive in the morning.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a novelist, I'm incredibly lucky to make a living, but that doesn't mean that I don't lie awake at four o'clock in the morning, worrying.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way I would measure leadership is this: of the people that are working with me, how many wake up in the morning thinking that the company is theirs?
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
The neurologist calls it 'Non-REM parasomnia'. For the sufferer, it might mean rising in the middle of the night, getting your motorbike out, going for a ride, and waking in the morning with no memory of the experience.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bobby Bones is a young country DJ who does a widely syndicated morning show. He's at his best with his BobbyCast, in which he talks to Nashville up-and-comers such as Kelsea Ballerini and Lauren Alaina. Guests are encouraged to relax on Bones's couch and talk about anything they like.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning.
- Early Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light.
- Figuring
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- Nov 07, 2020
I almost literally wake up in the morning starting to think of my next idea. It's almost always driven by what's in the news. The hard part, really, is getting from knowing what I want to say to figuring out how to say it in an image. I'm still not entirely sure how to explain how that happens... Suddenly, something just works.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
I drink coffee in the morning and a few cups throughout the day. Among coffee's health benefits are lower risk of Parkinson's, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and dementia.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe some people will not agree, but I like to eat sardines in the morning for breakfast. I think some people will have a hard time eating sardines in olive oil or pickled sardines for breakfast. I guess that is why I am still single.
- Pictures
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- Nov 07, 2020
I set up playdates, and I'm a morning greeter for the car-pool line. I also make albums with the family photos. When the kids get older and go on their way, we'll have all those pictures to revel in.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem - not problem, but main thing - for me has been adjusting my kids... Four-year-old twins! I'm waking up in the morning for rehearsal, taking them to school, and then having to go to rehearsal - trying to do a 15-minute warm-up, even on the subway.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Until I really dealt with a lot of the demons in my life - the fear and self-doubt and unresolved issues with my old man - I could never feel fulfilled and happy. I would wake up in the morning and feel bad.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, when I 'discover' a story, there is a feeling of buoyancy and clarity, perhaps similar to early morning out on a prairie highway, when darkness lifts and reveals the outline of farmhouses and copses of trees in the distance.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020