Routine Quotes - Page 5

• People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the patients and the doctors without government rationing.

  Benjamin Carson

  Doctors, Government, People

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• I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.

  Dick Cheney

  Change, Work, Two

  "Transcript Part III: Cheney, Edwards discuss qualities of a VP". Debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards, www.cnn.com. October 7, 2004.

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• [Camila] was quite incapable of establishing any harmony between the claims of her art, of her appetites, or her dreams, and of her crowded daily routine. Each of these was a world in itself.

  Thornton Wilder

  Dream, Art, World

  Thornton Wilder (1961). “Twayne's United States Authors Series”

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• Actually, I very much dislike routine. Creating music is my chaos therapy. The writing process puts me in a good place. Recording the music is the release of however I felt in the song.

  Mpho Koaho

  Song, Writing, Creating

  "Actor Mpho Koaho: The vulnerable nature of acting, investing in youth programs". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Some men like a dull life - they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it - it's often catching.

  Hedy Lamarr

  Dog, Home, Kids

  Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”

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• As someone who makes his living as an actor, my routine varies almost every day.

  Eric Lange

  Actors, Vary

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• There's a lot of exaggerated talk about CAFTA, but it's actually a fairly routine trade agreement. Although it involves fairly small nations, they're still more important trade partners than places like Australia or many other larger nations.

  Ernest Istook

  Agreement, Australia, Important

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• In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.

  Noam Chomsky

  Done, World, Academic

  "THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 11-02-03: QUESTIONS FOR NOAM CHOMSKY; The Professorial Provocateur". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. November 2, 2003.

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• A lot more variables in golf. But the biggest thing is like just routine. Like I think that's the biggest correlation between golfers and basketball players, is for me I really rely on my routine every single day when I get ready for games and how I prepare.

  Stephen Curry

  Basketball, Golf, Player

  Source: wearegolf.org

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• As far as activities go, having a regular exercise routine is a must.

  Josie Ho

  Exercise, Regular Exercise, Activity

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• Truthfully, I wish I had a daily routine. It's hard being an actor because you never have a set schedule.

  Jacqui Holland

  Wish, Actors, Schedules

  "Interview with Actress Jacqui Holland on Beauty, Aging, and Embracing Pain". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• With Django Unchained, when you're dealing with slavery, it's like a gymnastics routine with the highest amount of difficulty. Quentin Tarantino is not going to do a movie that's just going to lay there and be safe. There's going to be twists and flips.

  Jamie Foxx

  Gymnastics, Django Unchained, Slavery

  "Jamie Foxx Talks PROJECT IMAGINAT10N, Playing the President in WHITE HOUSE DOWN, Tarantino’s DJANGO UNCHAINED and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 24, 2012.

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• And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the closest thing to you, it touches you. Some actors like to go into make-up and then put their clothes on, but I like to dress first; that's my routine.

  Gary Oldman

  Character, Clothes, Important

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• Had he known his death was imminent, he might have gone somewhere else. Instead, he did what we all do. He went about his dull routine as if all the days in the world were still to come. ~pg 4

  Mitch Albom

  Somewhere Else, Gone, World

  Mitch Albom (2009). “Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson”, p.111, Hachette UK

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• Every congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have affairs: lots of travel, families far away, heady work that makes a domestic routine seem distant and boring. But the stakes are much higher for women, because they are still judged by a different standard.

  Hanna Rosin

  Males, Different, Affair

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• This year I've really decided to get into the best shape of my life, and I've gotten there by changing not only what I eat but when I eat and how often, as well as my usual workout routine. The combination has made such a big difference, and I finally feel in the best shape of my life.

  Brian McKnight

  Workout, Years, Differences

  "Interview: Musician Brian McKnight". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• There are ways to stimulate being prolific, and part of that is making pilgrimages, and being open to listening, changing up the routine.

  Tori Amos

  Listening, Way, Pilgrimage

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• A person who is app-dependent is always searching for the best app; and as soon as its routine has been executed, the person searches for the next app. A person who is app-enabled also uses apps frequently. But he or she is never limited by the current array of apps; apps will free the person to do what he or she wants to do, or needs to do, irrespective of the next application of the app. An app-enabled person can also put devices away, without feeling bereft.

  Howard Gardner

  Feelings, Want, Next

  Source: howardgardner.com

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• Every human occupation has it repertoire of stock phrases, within which every man twists and turn until his death. His vocabulary, which seems so lavish, reduces itself to a hundred routine formulas at most, which he repeats over and over.

  Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

  Men, Vocabulary, Twists

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• I write every day for most of the work day, and I try to write 2,500 words per day... If I don't make it a routine and treat it like a job, I'd never get anything done.

  David B. Coe

  Jobs, Writing, Trying

  Source: www.sfsignal.com

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• The domestic lives we live - which may be accidental, or not entirely of our making - help to make possible our writing lives; our imaginations are freed, or stimulated, by the very prospect of companionship, quiet, a predictable and consoling routine.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Writing, Imagination, May

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• I think there is such a thing as a bad seed that comes to flower in certain people. The danger with that theory is that we begin to look for those "troublemakers" early on and try to weed them out. That's very dangerous, because it could work against kids who are just routine troublemakers.

  James Hillman

  Weed, Flower, Kids

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• Take a different route to the coffee shop to see what you can see and hear. When we get in a routine, we can become zombie-like and shut down. It's about discipline. You have to push yourself.

  Tori Amos

  Coffee, Discipline, Zombie

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• The beatings, the beatings were so normal to me. The abuse was just routine. I didn't wake up the next day and say, 'Dre, why did you hit me?' We never talked about it the next day. Never.

  Michel'le

  Next Day, Abuse, Wake Up

  Source: www.elle.com

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• A fixed habit is supported by old, well-worn pathways in the brain. When you make conscious choices to change a habit, you create new pathways. At the same time, you strengthen the decision-making function of the cerebral cortex while diminishing the grip of the lower, instinctual brain. So without judging your habit, whether it feels like a good one or a bad one, take time to break the routine, automatic response that habit imposes.

  Deepak Chopra

  Judging, Decision, Choices

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