- 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
- Able
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being gritty doesn't mean not showing pain or pretending everything is O.K. In fact, when you look at healthy and successful and giving people, they are extraordinarily meta-cognitive. They're able to say things like, 'Dude, I totally lost my temper this morning.' That ability to reflect on yourself is signature to grit.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is push my dog off of me. He likes to sleep on top of me. I think it's because I'm warm and breathing.
- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change?
- Questions
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- Nov 07, 2020
What gets you out of bed in the morning? This is a question I'm often asked as a politician. It tends to be closely followed by a dozen other questions about what I'll do in 'x' scenario or whether I'll resign if 'y' happens.
- Midnight
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- Nov 07, 2020
They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.
- Christian
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- Nov 07, 2020
On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre.
- Prayer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every single morning, I have a person sitting right there next to me in prayer with a tape recorder - and a song comes up every day.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20,000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner, tennis was. That's awesome. I don't know if I've ever felt so good here before.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't matter how late I come home - it could be two o'clock, three o'clock in the morning - I have to take off my makeup.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020