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• There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.

  Edward Lucas

  Sleep, Insomnia, Funny Sarcastic

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• I definitely would rather take a nap than get angry.

  Natasha Lyonne

  Angry

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Nature has not intended mankind to work from eight in the morning until midnight without that refreshment of blessed oblivion which, even if it only lasts twenty minutes, is sufficient to renew all the vital forces.

  Winston Churchill

  Morning, Blessed, Eight

  Winston Churchill (1986). “The Gathering Storm”, p.375, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Some people, when desperate, retreat to pills or hard liquor. I nap.

  Brock Clarke

  People, Pills, Retreat

  Brock Clarke (2011). “Exley”, p.32, Algonquin Books

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• Bad news should be followed with soup. Then a nap.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Soup, News, Should

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• When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.

  Erma Bombeck

  Tough Times, Chocolate, Cookies

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• I count it as a certainty that in paradise, everyone naps.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Sleep, Paradise, Certainty

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• Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.

  Jane Smiley

  Ideas, Together, Half

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• Just as important as getting enough sleep is thinking about sleep in the right way. Stop thinking of sleep and naps as “downtime” or as a “waste of time.” Think of them as opportunities for memory consolidation and enhancing the brain circuits that help skill learning. Nor should you feel guilty about sleep. It's just as crucial a part of successful brain work as the actual task itself.

  Richard Restak

  Memories, Sleep, Successful

  Richard Restak (2009). “Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance”, p.41, Penguin

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• It was around 4 p.m. in the afternoon. I was just taking a nap. Luckily, my sister was home.

  Sherman Austin

  Sister, Home, Afternoon

  Interview with Merlin Chowkwanyun, www.counterpunch.org. August 14, 2003.

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• Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel.

  Ben Stein

  Home, Sleep, Night

  "Ben Stein Wants You To Sleep". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2011.

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• My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands and two of them were just napping.

  Rita Rudner

  Death, Husband, Grandmother

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• But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.

  James Levine

  Lying, Fall, Mean

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• When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.

  Joan Bauer

  Reading, Book, Thought Provoking

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• When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break.

  Stephen Hawking

  Coffee, Tough, Break

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• With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.

  Rick Riordan

  Needs, Percy Jackson And The Olympians, Great Power

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• When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Sleep, Tough Times, Chocolate

  "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2006.

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• There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."

  Carrie Fisher

  Inspirational, Moving On, Success

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Finally, you get the job, and you think you'll be dancing on the ceiling, but I just wanted to go take a nap. It was just like a weight had been lifted off or something.

  Josh Duhamel

  Jobs, Thinking, Dancing

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• I don't use many apps. I use naps.

  Aaron Levie

  Use, Apps

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• My door was open part of the time, and part of the time I tried to get a nap and their voices annoyed me, and I closed it. I kept it open in summer more or less, and closed in winter.

  Lizzie Borden

  Summer, Winter, Doors

  Lizzie Borden, Albert Mason, Caleb Blodgett, Justin Dewey, Massachusetts. Superior Court (Bristol County) (1937). “Trial of Lizzie Borden”

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• It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal when you're working. But then when you break, the
  other actors go back to their trailers to take naps and drink beer, and I have to, like, go do school.

  Natalie Portman

  School, Kids, Beer

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• Isn't it sad that you can tell people that the ozone layer is being depleted, the forests are being cut down, the deserts are advancing steadily, that the greenhouse effect will raise the sea level 200 feet, that overpopulation is choking us, that pollution is killing us, that nuclear war may destroy us - and they yawn and settle back for a comfortable nap. But tell them that the Martians are landing, and they scream and run.

  Isaac Asimov

  Running, War, Cutting

  Isaac Asimov (1991). “The secret of the universe”, Doubleday Books

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• A power nap, is when you sleep on someone who's weaker than you

  Demetri Martin

  Sleep

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• There's no doubt in my mind that sleep deprivation is the hidden number one cause of arguments and cybersex. I'm convinced that countless good relationships end and bad ones begin because of chronic fatigue. Never make a major decision until after you've taken a nap.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Taken, Sleep, Numbers

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company

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