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- Nov 07, 2020
Sitting Quotes
Most Famous Sitting Quotes of All Time!
Sitting here captures both stillness and the avoidance that so often comes with it, from stacks of unpublished work waiting patiently to a beloved show that always seems to be airing on a screen somewhere.
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- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid I went and saw Bill Cosby with my dad, and I remember sitting there and laughing so hard.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.
- False
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote 'Black Deutschland' very quickly one summer, probably because I had a lot of it in pieces and fragments sitting around over the years as false starts or notes.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
She could only write with him at night and she was wasting her days just sitting around. So he thought I could write with her during the day. And that was Carole King.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find this mortifying to admit, but I have one of those balls that helps my posture. They're hard to sit on, so it stops me from sitting too long... I also wear a pair of 3M(TM) PELTOR(TM) Optime(TM) II Ear Muffs. They're the same ones that people wear on the tarmac among the planes - noise blockers.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are certain things producers ask you to do, and when I was starting out, I said yes to everything. I was asked, for 'Quo Vadis,' to drive a chariot. I said, 'Oh yes. I'm licenced for all vehicles.' Two days later, I was sitting in this dustbin with two very aggressive horses. I didn't stay in it for long.
One especially honest line breaks down how much of writing is really just delay before any actual sitting down to work begins. See Rest quotes for related calm, or Presence quotes.