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• The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

  Mark Twain

  Kindness, Book, Communication

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.520, Courier Corporation

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• The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.

  F. L. Lucas

  Mind, Lasts, Facts

  F. L. Lucas (2012). “Style: The Art of Writing Well”, p.17, Harriman House Limited

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• Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.97, Chartwell

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• The pause between the errors and trials of the day and the hopes of the night.

  Herbert Hoover

  Night, Errors, Trials

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• The westward march has stopped, upon the final plains of the Pacific; and now the plot thickenswith the change, the pause, the settlement, our people draw into closer groups, stand face to face, to know each other and be known.

  Woodrow Wilson

  People, Faces, Groups

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• Yes, take a little time to play And look at life the other way. God rested when the world was made: Rest now, old friend; be not afraid. But think not that your work is over, That you are now a foot-free rover, A rambler upon idle ways, Whittling away the golden days. For in the road climb to the goal There's no long furlough for a soul. There's no long pause: on every height Another summit swims in sight. The long road rises, scene by scene, With little restings in between.

  Edwin Markham

  Thinking, Sight, Golden Days

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• The audience goes to sleep really quickly! If you have a slight pause at the wrong time, that's it!

  Woody Allen

  Sleep, Wrong Time, Audience

  "Woody Allen & Cast Interview". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com. October 1, 2010.

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• Life is a luminous pause between two mysteries that are yet one.

  Carl Jung

  Two, Mystery, Life Is

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• If we cannot come together to pause, to respect our dead and the heroic lives of meaning they led, then ours is truly a civilization lost.

  Mark McKinnon

  Civilization, Together, Heroic

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• When a reader finishes a wonderful story and lays it aside, he should have to pause for a minute and collect himself.

  Raymond Carver

  Should Have, Stories, Wonderful

  Raymond Carver (2015). “Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose”, p.229, Vintage

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• When before the beauty of a sunset or a mountain, you pause and exclaim, 'Ah,' you are participating in divinity.

  Joseph Campbell

  Sunset, Mountain, Divinity

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.258, Anchor

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• There`s a reason people pause their lives to engage in political activism and pressure their local political leaders. Because as a whole, even if you can`t identify any one instance, as a whole pressure works and sometimes it starts with something as simple as pushing the button on the intercom.

  Rachel Maddow

  Simple, People, Leader

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Take three conscious breaths. Just pause. Let it be a contrast to being all caught up. Let it be like popping a bubble. Let it be just a moment in time, and then go on. Maybe you are on your way to whatever you need to do for the day. You are in your car, or on the bus, or standing in line. But you can still create that gap by taking three conscious breaths and being right there with the immediacy of your experience, right there with whatever you are seeing, with whatever you are doing, with whatever you are feeling.

  Pema Chodron

  Car, Feelings, Three

  "Take Three Conscious Breaths". www.lionsroar.com. April 2, 2017.

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• At some point you do not need to talk to have a conversation. The conversation exists whether you have it or not. It continues silently in a parallel dimension of the marriage. They both pause to let it run its course toward another stalemate.

  Chris Bachelder

  Running, Needs, Dimensions

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• Seeking - really seeking - is more than just reading a few verses from the Bible in the morning and trying to be a good person that day. Seeking requires me to sacrifice the things I feel compelled to chase so I can be available to notice God’s clear direction. Whatever we chase, like it or not, gains our full attention. Dear Lord, forgive me for all the times I’ve rushed by Your gifts and overlooked Your blessings. Today, I want to pause and really seek You with all I’ve got. I love You, Lord. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Morning, Jesus, Reading

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• Build gaps in your life. Pauses. Proper pauses.

  Thom Yorke

  Gaps

  "Thom Yorke: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. February 13, 2013.

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• Thou Moon! Sun of the Night, Sister mystic of the Day; Look down, pause in thy flight! Calm me with thy aural ray, Enchanting souls to silver sleep. Look down from out thy airy keep, My fevered senses hypnotize; Shut out the World, whereto Mind flies-- Ambitious Mind, with travail sore; Its fibre rest, its calm restore.

  William Batchelder Greene

  Sleep, Moon, Night

  William Batchelder Greene (1888). “Cloudrifts at Twilight”

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• When you're in a groove, you're not spinning your wheels; you're moving forward in a straight and narrow path without pauses or hitches.  You're unwavering, undeviating, and unparalleled in your purpose.  A groove is the best place in the world.  Because when you are in it, you have the freedom to explore, where everything you question leads you to new avenues and new routes.

  Twyla Tharp

  Moving, World, Spinning

  Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter (2003). “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”, Simon and Schuster

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• It is people who pause to appreciate life and give thanks who are happiest. If we change our thoughts, we change our world! Love and peace to you all.

  Brittany Maynard

  Our World, World Love, People

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• If you are obsessively active, please at least pause to ask yourself why and to listen for the answer from the still, quiet voice alive and well within you. I don't have an answer for the hurry sickness afflicting our society and our souls. But I do trust that the how-to-stop-it is within you, and you can change your pace if you want to.

  Sue Thoele

  Quiet Voice, Soul, Pace

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• Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one was pressed for an answer. A pause giving time for thought was the truly courteous way of beginning and conducting a conversation. Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence to the speech-maker and his own moment of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regard for the rule that, "thought comes before speech."

  Luther Standing Bear

  Meaningful, Native American, Space

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• Pause and remember - The only person you need to believe in you is - you!

  Jennifer Young

  Believe, Needs, Remember

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• If you think of others in a jealous way or if you become angry, immediately pause for a moment. It's going to pull you down and send negative energy. At that moment, pause and correct yourself.

  Frederick Lenz

  Jealous, Buddhism, Thinking

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• Death is not the end of who we are. It is only a brief pause in the endless cycle of our lives. Each of us is a spirit that cannot die.

  Frederick Lenz

  Death, Who We Are, Spirit

  Frederick Lenz (1995). “Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure”, St Martins Press

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• Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Long, Reason

  W. Somerset Maugham (1937). “Theatre”

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