Busy Life Quotes - Page 3

• Every dad, if he takes time out of his busy life to reflect upon his fatherhood, can learn ways to become an even better dad.

  Jack Baker

  Fathers Day, Dad, Fatherhood

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• I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky.

  Brian May

  Swimming, Garden, Lucky

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• I don't think the Hollywood community is interested in what I can do. That's all right. I've never looked for a job in my life, and I'm not going to start now. I have plenty to keep me busy.

  Mercedes McCambridge

  Jobs, Thinking, Community

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• I told her tea bags were just a convenience for people with busy lives and she said no one is so busy they can't take time to make a decent cup of tea and if you are that busy you don't deserve a decent cup of tea for what is it all about anyway? Are we put into this world to be busy or to chat over a nice cup of tea?

  Frank McCourt

  Nice, People, Tea

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• You have to find things that are accessible and doable in your busy life and try to fit some time in your schedule to just have time to yourself and be able to recoup and refocus.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Trying, Able, Schedules

  Source: www.ncwit.org

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  Being alone & actually sitting with our own thoughts can lead to such growth and realizations that are rare in our everyday busy lives.

  Kourtney Kardashian

  Growth, Everyday, Sitting

  Twitter post from Sep 23, 2015

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• I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.

  John Lasseter

  Believe, Pride, Two

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• I'm so busy these days. I forget everything but my lines.

  Christopher Meloni

  Forget Everything, Lines, Busy

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• Evening is the delight of virtuous age; it seems an emblem of the tranquil close of busy life--serene, placid, and mild, with the impress of its great Creator stamped upon it; it spreads its quiet wings over the grave, and seems to promise that all shall be peace beyond it.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Wings, Promise, Age

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• For everybody in their busy lives, you need to invest in sharpening your tools, and you need to invest in longevity.

  Ryan Holmes

  Needs, Tools, Busy

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• But one sound always rose above the clamor of busy life and, no matter how much of a tintinnabulation, was never confused and, fora moment lifted everything into an ordered sphere: that of the bells.

  Johan Huizinga

  Confused, History, Rose

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• Solitude is very different from a 'time-out' from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we pray alone, study, read, write, or simply spend quiet time away from the places where we interact with each other directly, we are potentially opened for a deeper intimacy with each other.

  Henri Nouwen

  Writing, Community, Solitude

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “Clowning in Rome: Reflections on Solitude, Celibacy, Prayer, and Contemplation”, p.13, Image

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• Yeah, I'm obnoxious, yeah, I cut people off, yeah, I'm rude. You know why? Because you're busy.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Cutting, People, Rude

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• It's not the microwave that's the problem, it's what people put into them. I know people lead busy lives but they should try to sit their children down at the table once a week and cook them simple food.

  Raymond Blanc

  Children, Simple, People

  "Celebrity chef dishes microwave mothers" by Nicola Woolcock, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 02, 2001.

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• I train 10 times over six days every week. I also have three gym sessions and four physio sessions so it's a very busy life, but I wouldn't do it unless I enjoyed it and unless I had all that support around me.

  Jazmin Carlin

  Support, Three, Four

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• I have examined all religions, as well as my narrow sphere, my straightened means, and my busy life, would allow; and the result is that the Bible is the best Book in the world. It contains more philosophy than all the libraries I have seen.

  John Adams

  Philosophy, Book, Mean

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• I have a lot of empathy for women who fit their writing into the crevices of their too-busy lives, as I once did.

  Christina Baker Kline

  Writing, Empathy, Busy

  "The Mystery Woman in the Field: Kristin Hannah Asks Christina Baker Kline About 'A Piece of the World'". Interview With Erin Kodicek, www.amazonbookreview.com. February 20, 2017.

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• More young people are volunteering than ever before. More people are including service to others on their busy lives' to do list. The promise of America is embedded deep in our DNA, calling us to a much less shallow search for happiness and meaning.

  Arianna Huffington

  Dna, America, People

  "Arianna Huffington on Redefining Success, Creating Balance and Making Good Decisions". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Millionaires are marrying their secretaries because they are so busy making money they haven't time to see other girls.

  Doris Lilly

  Girl, Making Money, Busy

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• In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.

  Anita Brookner

  Real, Writing, Winning

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• I am a southern guy who likes dressing up and looking sharp but who lives a busy life of working and traveling, and I need reliable, stylish pieces in my wardrobe that will service multiple occasions.

  Cam Newton

  Dressing Up, Guy, Southern

  "Cam Newton Wants to Teach You How to Wear a Sweater". Interview with Nic Screws, www.bloomberg.com. December 29, 2015.

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• Don't work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone. You're going to have a busy life. Thank goodness there's no life expectancy.

  Adrian Tan

  Busy, Telling The Truth, Truth Is

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• Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!

  John Dryden

  Fate, Joy, Sorrow

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• He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.

  Victor Hugo

  Morning, Time, Labyrinth

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• Try to develop actual work habits, and even though you have a busy life, try to reserve an hour, say - or more - a day to write. Some very good things have been written on an hour a day.

  John Updike

  Writing, Trying, Busy

  "John Updike on Passion", www.achievement.org.

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