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• There is immunity in reading, immunity in formal society, in office routine, in the company of old friends and in the giving of officious help to strangers, but there is no sanctuary in one bed from the memory of another. The past with its anguish will break through every defense-line of custom and habit; we must sleep and therefore we must dream.

  Cyril Connolly

  Dream, Memories, Grief

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• Let sleeping dogs lie.

  Robert Walpole

  Dog, Lying, Parliament

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• In all men is evil sleeping; the good man is he who will not awaken it, in himself or in other men.

  Mary Renault

  Integrity, Men, Evil

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• Forgiveness is not simply the absolving of an enemy, or one who has done us wrong. Forgiveness must encompass all those things which disturb the tranquility of our soul: the barking dog that robs you of sleep, the heat of summer, the cold of winter. Forgive the ingrown toenail, the flea that bites; forgive the cranky child, wrinkles, a forgotten birthday.

  Barbara Wood

  Forgiveness, Summer, Dog

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• "I can't sleep" answered the nervous one.
  "Why not?" asked the friend.
  "I am carrying so much cotton that I can't sleep thinking about. It is wearing me out. What can I do?"
  "Sell down to the sleeping point", answered the friend.

  Jesse Lauriston Livermore

  Thinking, Why Not, Investing

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• If you can't sleep at night because of your stock market position, then you have gone too far. If this is the case, then sell your position down to the sleeping level.

  Jesse Lauriston Livermore

  Night, Gone, Investing

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• The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the I, under another form, continues the task of existence.

  Gerard De Nerval

  Fog, Tasks, Firsts

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• I'm a walking zombie and I think I'm going to be like that for a while.

  Tiffani Thiessen

  Thinking, Zombie, Walking

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• They tell you that at his age, all they do is eat, sleep, and poop. And what I've learned is they can actually do all three at the same time. Who knew?

  Josh Duhamel

  Age, Poop, Three

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• First thing in the morning, we're really tired, and we look at each other and we wonder, 'Are we ever going to get sleep?' And yet, it doesn't matter if you don't get sleep. It's an honor to take care of them.

  Angelina Jolie

  Morning, Tired, Honor

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• Embrace it. Especially because of the lives we live, a lot of times other people have to care for [our kids] and you have to have that mommy time, Get your sleep!

  Jennifer Hudson

  Kids, People, Care

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• There is a school of thought that believes that sleep is for the night. You appear to be out to disprove them.

  Alan Ayckbourn

  Believe, School, Night

  Alan Ayckbourn (2015). “The Crafty Art of Playmaking”, p.68, Macmillan

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• I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Use, Safe, Pleasant

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.111, Vintage

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• Remember that almost everything looks better after a good night's sleep.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Good Night, Looks, Remember

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (2012). “Life's Little Instruction Book: Simple Wisdom and a Little Humor for Living a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.658, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I am the number one human being in music. That means any person that's living or breathing is number two.

  Kanye West

  Mean, Numbers, Breathing

  "Men of the Year: Graduate" by Chris Heath, www.gq.com. November 11, 2007.

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• I wouldn't even say that I'm a rapper. I'd say I'm more of a messenger.

  Kanye West

  Can't Sleep, Rapper, Messengers

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• I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.

  Kanye West

  Artist, Our Generation, Flesh

  "Why Kanye West really is the world's No 1 rock star" by Alexis Petridis, www.theguardian.com. December 20, 2013.

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• I'm like a vessel, and God has chosen me to be the voice and the connector.

  Kanye West

  Inspirational, Voice, Ridiculous

  "FADER 58: Kanye West Cover Story and Interview". Interview with Peter Macia, www.thefader.com. November 25, 2008.

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• I just think that when my confidence meets other people's insecurity, that equals Kanye's arrogant.

  Kanye West

  Inspirational, Thinking, People

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• When I think of competition it's like I try to create against the past. I think about Michelangelo and Picasso, you know, the pyramids.

  Kanye West

  Inspirational, Past, Thinking

  "Kanye West Has a Goblet" by Jonah Weiner, www.slate.com. August 25, 2010.

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• Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life. Rodger Rosenblatt As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Death, Thinking, Add

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• I've always loved 3D. In fact, as a kid, I was exposed to 3D at an early age because my grandfather was a specialist of 3D in cinematheques. And then my cousin put it in 'Science of Sleep' with toilet paper tube cities. But he was a specialist and I always wanted to do something in 3D.

  Michel Gondry

  Cousin, Kids, Cities

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• I'm a workaholic and I don't believe in 'no.' If I'm not sleeping, nobody's sleeping.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Believe, Feminist, Workaholic

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• My father had always said there are four things a child needs: plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and lots of soap and water. After that, what he needs most is some intelligent neglect.

  Ivy Baker Priest

  Children, Father, Intelligent

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• Do you check it when you travel, do you check it when you're just at home? They'd be able to tell something called your 'pattern of life.' When are you doing these kind of activities? When do you wake up? When do you go to sleep? What other phones are around you when you wake up and go to sleep? Are you with someone who's not your wife?

  Edward Snowden

  Home, Memorable, Phones

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