- Looking
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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
- Favorite Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Running in Central Park is my favorite thing to wake up and do. I have my own specific path that I have to run every single time. There's a little bit of OCD involved, but I love it.
- Pool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm obviously fighting for my community simply because I'm trans, and I have to do that, and I do it because that's my existence. I wake up in the morning, and that is my activism.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was so low that I wanted to exit. And I took a bunch of pills, and they were sleeping pills. And at least they would put me to sleep, and maybe I wouldn't wake up, and that was fine.
- Message
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- Nov 07, 2020
My message to you is very clear: Wake up, America!
- Nov 07, 2020
Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.'
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an insomniac. I wake up at 6 or 6:30 and get out of bed immediately. The coffee starts right away. Then I get to the computer as quickly as possible. I like to start writing when I'm still half-asleep, in a state between dreaming and waking.
- Clocks
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the morning, I have certain aspirations. One of my goals is to avoid looking at the computer or checking e-mail for at least an hour after I wake up. I also try to avoid alarm clocks as much as possible, because it's just nice to wake up without one.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are days like any normal human being where I wake up and I don't feel like going to work.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life's like a ball game. You gotta take a swing at whatever comes along before you wake up and find out it's the ninth inning.
- Nov 07, 2020
If I wake up at 6 A. M. to work out, I'm done at 10 A. M.. Most guys play video games all day.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020