- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
Night Quotes
What the night reveals.
These night quotes range from describing an empty venue as lifeless after dark, to recalling an awkward formal evening cut short by injury. Another notes the unequal treatment people can face late at night depending on circumstance. Related reflections continue in our Day quotes.
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- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a city like New York, especially for young professionals who aren't in a family situation, most people don't cook for themselves. This is the only city I've ever lived in where I eat out every night.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, ramen's not good for you. But in Japan, our favorite thing to do after drinking all night, especially in Sapporo where it's freezing cold, is to go to the ramen place at two, three in the morning.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often, I dream about work. For instance, the night before the Oscars, I dreamt about the Oscars and I dreamt about who I wanted to interview. Interestingly, one of the people I really wanted to interview was Keanu Reeves, and then we got him. We had never interviewed him before, so that was lucky. Or maybe it was fate - I don't know.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a line I have that our family was designed more for public than for private. But there are definitely some things that are only mine. I am someone who dreams at night, and you don't know what I'm dreaming.
- Owl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to think I was a night owl. I realized I'm not, because I have energy at night, but I'm not as focused and productive when I try to get things done.
- Friday Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
My recipe for bliss on a Friday night consists of a 'New York Times' crossword puzzle and a new episode of 'Homicide;' Saturdays and Sundays are oriented around walks in the woods with the dog, human companion in tow some of the time but not always.
- Eat Breakfast
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- Nov 07, 2020
I eat breakfast pretty much 'round the clock - muffins in the morning, scones for lunch, cereal at night - which may be odd but is also oddly satisfying, if only because the choice is my own.
- Evening
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- Nov 07, 2020
I saw my parents as model grown-ups, and their manner, their silence, informed my sense of what adulthood looked and felt like. Grown-ups behaved rationally and calmly. Grown-ups worked during the day and came home at night and sat down for drinks and passed the evening quietly.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our father has always been very passionate about taekwondo. In all honesty, we were forced into it without a choice. He would train us every other night at home, so we would always be perfecting our technique.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people go to the office and sit at a desk. When firefighters go to the office, we might birth a baby in the morning, save a drowning surfer in the afternoon, and run into a fire at night. What could be more interesting than that?
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
That profound night freedom was agreeable and exciting.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went along doing the one-salad-a-night routine for a year. And I remember feeling so tired and depressed and irritable. I had no personal life. I was always flying someplace - weekends, holidays, vacations. Dinners at night were no fun because I couldn't eat.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020