Time Away Quotes

• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• Meditation creates more time than it takes.

  Peter McWilliams

  Yoga, Meditation Practice, More Time

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Im Sorry, Apology, Positivity

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• Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Time, Journey, Men

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.185

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• Position yourself to succeed by doing the other things in your life that rejuvenate you. You can create little islands of time away from your novel that will help preserve your balance. Exhaustion will affect both your writing’s quality and your productivity.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Writing, Islands, Balance

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• It won't be long before another day, were gonna have a good time. And no ones gonna take that time away. You can stay as long as you like

  James Taylor

  Relationship, Song, Time

  Song: You Can Close Your Eyes

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• Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise Jehovah take his ministers oftentimes away into darkness and loneliness and trouble, that he may sharpen and prepare them for harder work in his service.

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne

  Wise, Loneliness, Darkness

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1874). “Memoir and Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Minister of St. Peter's Church, Dundee”

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• But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us.

  Lindsey Buckingham

  Giving, Down And, Slow Down

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• No matter what job you have, even when it's one you love, it's important to take some time away, both mentally and physically, to regroup, refresh and regain good, positive energy.

  Ali Krieger

  Jobs, Positive Energy, Important

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• If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it's not that much time away from home.

  Alan Jackson

  Home, Years, Shows

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

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• I didn't take a break from making music, but I took some time away from the "need to sell it" thing, and moved to my hometown, Umeå. I took my time there, exploring music on my own, on a very personal level.

  Tove Styrke

  Needs, Levels, Hometown

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I took some time away from the music industry. I've been doing this since I was 16 and needed some time to get to know myself as a grown-up.

  Tove Styrke

  Music Industry, Needed, Knows

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I was never happy that my injuries cut my career short and ultimately forced my decision to step away from tennis. I have enjoyed my time away from the court, a period that has allowed me to experience a different side of life. However, I miss the game and the challenge of competing at the highest level of tennis, and I want to gauge whether I can stay healthy and compete against today's top players.

  Martina Hingis

  Cutting, Player, Games

  "Hingis plans comeback to top tennis three years after retiring" by Steve Bierley, www.theguardian.com. November 30, 2005.

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• I spent a long time away from my parents when I was younger. I would go hunting and fishing with my uncle, and we would go for weeks at a time. I also spent a lot of time in Texas with my grandparents.

  RJ Mitte

  Uncles, Hunting, Texas

  "Q&A – RJ Mitte (Walter White, Jr.)". www.amc.com.

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• I feel guilty about spending so much time away from home and loved ones.

  Peter MacKay

  Home, Guilty, Loved Ones

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• I'm really kind of boring - I'd rather go to bed early and get up early because I really value my time off, my time away from work.

  Mandy Moore

  Up Early, Bed, Kind

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• I feel like there's too many paintings left unpainted that I just don't want to take the time away.

  Alan Bean

  Want, Painting, Feels

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• The negative about acting is that you have to spend a great deal of time away from your friends and loved ones, but it's not like working a 9-5 job and only having two or three weeks off a year. I may not have seen my girlfriend for two or three months, but then we can spend two or three months together solidly.

  Douglas Booth

  Girlfriend, Jobs, Years

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

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• It is so important to me to have my time away from hockey. Obviously, hockey is my passion; I love it. But definitely for me, time away from the rink and time when my mind isn't thinking about hockey is important.

  Sidney Crosby

  Passion, Hockey, Thinking

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• Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such cases for self-delusion, no idling time away, no being off your guard (or you must take the consequences) - neither is there any room for humour or caprice or prejudice.

  William Hazlitt

  Teacher, Laughter, Opportunity

  William Hazlitt (2004). “On the Pleasure of Hating”, p.31, Penguin UK

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• When you spend so much time away from home, travelling around doing things like this, talking about yourself too much, which is often very painful... So, to actually come home and just be amongst people who know you extremely well, who you can't pretend to be anything other than yourself in front of, is a relief really. It gives you a sense of who you are again. You just don't get any time at home... it's such an existence of feeling very unsettled and travelling around. It's great.

  Dominic Cooper

  Home, People, Giving

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• There's not a second of my time on tour where I'm not engaged with something. It is the hardest job - a great job, and I love it - but truly the hardest job I've ever had. There's no time away, there's no time off, and it's so exhausting. I drive myself around in a van, and I don't have the money or infrastructure to do it differently, and I'm involved at every level. I feel like I'm just collecting info, and can't wait to get home to try and process these.

  Jenn Wasner

  Home, Waiting, Trying

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• Getting some time away to be active, work out, do yoga is definitely a necessity in life. These activities help me relieve stress and center my mind when I'm playing the waiting game after an audition.

  Allen Evangelista

  Stress, Yoga, Games

  "Allen Evangelista – Project Almanac Actor: Maintaining Perspective". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I also believe on a practical level, if you're taking time away from people, besides entertaining them, I think it's important that there's something to react to.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Believe, Thinking, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

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