Relax Quotes - Page 18

• If faculty would relax their emphasis on grades, this might serve not to lower standards but to encourage an orientation toward learning.

  Alfie Kohn

  Might, Faculty, Emphasis

  Alfie Kohn (1999). “Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes”, p.221, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• People who relax by watching TV instead of going out to engage with the world tend to be far less energetic. the benefits of exercise in protecting against depression and mental ill-health are huge. Those around you can also affect your energy levels. Self-talk also works wonders on energy levels.

  Liz Miller

  Exercise, Self, Ill Health

  Liz Miller (2010). “Mood Mapping: Plot your way to emotional health and happiness”, p.35, Pan Macmillan

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• America is the brokest country in history. We owe more money than anyone has ever owed anyone. And Obama and Reid say relax, that's no reason not to spend more - because the world hasn't yet concluded we have no intention of paying it back. When they do, the dollar will collapse.

  Mark Steyn

  Country, America, Dollars

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• I need a lot of black on my eyes and a little shot of vodka to be brave, because you're beautiful when you relax.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Beautiful, Eye, Brave

  "Fashion Insider: Carine Roitfeld". Harper's BAZAAR interview, www.harpersbazaar.co.uk. January 31, 2013.

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• People have been educated to expect answers, even before the questions come along. It's the TV principle. You offer three possible answers before the questions come to relax and calm the audience.

  Michael Haneke

  People, Principles, Three

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• When i feel tense, I remember to relax all of the muscles and organs in my body

  Louise Hay

  Body, Remember, Tense

  Louise L. Hay (2004). “I Can Do It: How to Use Affirmations to Change Your Life”, p.61, Hay House, Inc

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• Everybody's on their toes and focused on what we're about to do, and then there's this moment where you relax because you see that everybody is there to do the best that they can. Everyone opens up to one another right away. That's a terrific thing. I love that about actors. They know how personal this job is.

  Alan Alda

  Jobs, Actors, Things I Love

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• It's flabbergasting. I can understand if you have your legs spread and you're pushing yourself into the camera - that's sexually erotic. But the sensual contours in the male or female shape? Come on, guys, relax.

  Helena Christensen

  Guy, Erotic, Sensual

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• I think touring in America lives up to the myth, in all ways of what touring is. So many pretty cities, and it's pretty easy, compared to touring other places. I'm fascinated by America. Great crowds - people are very musical. I've been getting better throughout the tour in America, relating to people. At the start I was a bit stiff, and I'm starting to relax.

  Erik Hassle

  Thinking, People, Musical

  Source: wwd.com

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• I consulted a therapist at Mass. General. After about 20 minutes, he stopped me and said, 'You're just a big existential garbage pail. Go home and relax.'

  Spalding Gray

  Home, Garbage, Existential

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• Relax - This won't hurt.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Hurt

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• Grandmas can shed the yoke of responsibility, relax and enjoy their grandchildren in a way that was not possible when they were raising their own children. And they can glow in the realisation that here is their seed of life that will harvest generations to come.

  Erma Bombeck

  Children, Grandma, Responsibility

  Erma Bombeck (2011). “At Wit's End”, p.154, Fawcett

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• I've learned to relax and be my present age and my present position. I feel comfortable on my mid-thirties. It doesn't seem such an alien place to be.

  David Bowie

  Age, Aliens, I've Learned

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• I just want to sleep and exercise and travel for fun. And relax. It sounds so ordinary, but I haven't done it for 20 years.

  Hillary Clinton

  Fun, Sleep, Exercise

  "Hillary’s Next Move" by Gail Collins, www.nytimes.com. November 10, 2012.

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• When you look in the mirror and despair and none of your clothes seem appropriate, relax, put the kettle on. It might suit you.

  Simon Munnery

  Mirrors, Suits You, Clothes

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• I'll go to do a shoot, I'll spend five or six hours at the beach with people, and when people think I'm all out of film, then they really relax and I get my good pictures.

  Jock Sturges

  Beach, Thinking, People

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• A strategist is one who helps people relax into their creative skills. People won't rally unless an idea is beautiful... Everyone is hanging on every word... Amazing.

  Pier Giorgio Di Cicco

  Beautiful, Skills, Ideas

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• Laugh often. Starting your day with a good laugh, or at least a big smile, is as beneficial to your health as it is to your mood. Scientific studies at Northwestern University and Fordham University concluded that laughter benefits the heart, lungs, stomach and other organs. It relaxes tensions, changes attitude, and increases the body's natural painkillers. And it has no harmful side effects.

  Harvey Mackay

  Attitude, Laughter, Heart

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• If you had to choose an oil...it would have to be lavender essential oil, because it is antibacterial and antiviral. So, it's great to have when people around you are sick; it can also be used to relax.

  Karen Rose

  Oil, People, Sick

  Source: www.refinery29.com

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• The black and white lemur, the one that relaxes on that branch, they actually have day care, like kindergartens; where all the mothers come together and they put all the babies into this one nest and they let dad watch it while they go out and have food and have a good time and then they come back in a few hours. We've never seen that in other primates.

  Patricia Wright

  Mother, Baby, Dad

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• Continued work and application form my soul's nourishment. So soon as I commenced to rest and relax I should cease to live.

  Petrarch

  Soul, Form, Should

  Letter to Giovanni Boccaccio, April 28, 1373.

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• Being silent for me doesn't require being in a quiet place and it doesnt mean not saying words. It means, "receiving in a balanced, noncombative way what is happening." With or without words, the hope of my heart is that it will be able to relax and acknowledge the truth of my situation with compassion.

  Sylvia Boorstein

  Heart, Mean, Compassion

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• Telling a writer to relax is like telling a man to relax while being prodded for a possible hernia.

  William Zinsser

  Men, Hernias

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• Hopefully I don't have to play for eight years but can go and relax somewhere and do something enjoyable while I'm still young.

  Clinton Portis

  Eight, Years, Play

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• I tell the young kids, you have eight or nine months of the year to play basketball and the rest of the year you can relax. So, you've got to be ready. It doesn't last forever.

  Ray Allen

  Basketball, Kids, Eight

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