- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wake Up Quotes
Reflections on mornings, routines, and the reasons we rise.
This set ranges from disciplined sleep schedules and early rising to more reflective moments — mourning a loss, noticing music from the first hour of the day, or realizing an activist's path chose itself. Pair it with Day quotes for more on how people frame their daily rhythm.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Choices
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's only when we are able to see our own behavior that we are able to wake up and start making conscious choices.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wake up every day in a different headspace, so on any given day, my hairstyle will change.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can wake up crazy or normal; it depends.
- 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.
- Economics
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't wake up one day and say, you know, 'Supply-side economics doesn't make sense.'
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to find something that I could wake up and not hate doing. Hating your job was probably my nightmare scenario.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what drives me, but I wake up in the morning, and I want to participate in the creative cultural conversation.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not very happy. I'm frustrated with human beings. I'm the guy who just wants to smack people in the face and say, 'Wake up!'
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually, the first thing I do when I wake up is I start working, so I often won't start the day by reading anything because I like to minimize my 'commute' as much as possible. I wake up, open my laptop and start working in bed.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each day I wake up and check the news. Nearly every day it's merely to make sure I did not miss anything wildly controversial. Who said what, what are the implications of that comment, what was the context of what was said? Some days are slow, which is great. We can focus on a particular policy issue or piece of legislation.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and wonder how I do these things. I can embarrass myself so badly that I literally get a hot prickle down the back of my neck.
- Nap
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an early riser, which is sometimes a drag when I have late-night concerts. But I prefer to wake up early - say, 8:30 - and maybe take a nap during the day.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020