Time Off Quotes - Page 4

• Being young is an 18 year prison sentence for a crime your parents committed. But you do get time off for good behavior.

  Orson Scott Card

  Years, Parent, Prison

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• When they [visitors to his studio:] learn about the six-week daily-strip deadline and the 12-week Sunday-page deadline, a visitor almost never fails to remark: "Gee, you could work real hard, couldn't you, and get several months ahead and then take the time off?" Being, as I said, a slow learner, it took me until last year to realize what an odd statement that really is. You don't work all of your life to do something so you don't have to do it.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Real, Sunday, Years

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• Who did she know in Raleigh who took the time off to fix a house? Or read Whitman or Eliot, finding images in the mind, thoughts of the spirit? Or hunted dawn from the bow of a canoe? These weren't the things that drove society, but she felt they shouldn't be treated as unimportant. They made living worthwhile.

  Nicholas Sparks

  House, Mind, Dawn

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• ...I can't possibly take time off for a second baby, unless I do, in which case that is nobody's business and I'll never regret it for a moment unless it ruins my life.

  Tina Fey

  Baby, Regret, Ruins

  "Confessions of a Juggler" by Tina Fey, www.newyorker.com. February 14 & 21, 2011.

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• The only way the band could make any money was by going on tour. But going on tour meant we had to get time off from our jobs, and we couldn't get enough time off to make enough money from touring to survive, so the only way to try was to quit our jobs. None of us had a job that was so wonderful that we were just dying to keep it.

  Greg Saunier

  Jobs, Dying, Trying

  "Deerhoof". Interview with Marc Masters, pitchfork.com. February 26, 2006.

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• o one is right when it comes to destination weddings. It’s a big ask, requesting people take time off work and fly off to take a cruise just to see you get married, and they’re perfectly justified in saying no if they don’t have the time, the money, or simply the inclination.

  Mallory Ortberg

  People, Married, Cruise

  "Zero". "Dear Prudence" with Mallory Ortberg, www.slate.com. March 15, 2016.

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• Iceland's Women's Day Off in 1975 saw 90% of Icelandic women take time off from their paid and unpaid work, an experience that not only showed women how much they contribute but turned Icelandic men into supporters of gender equality. I aim to achieve the same impact in the UK.

  Catherine Mayer

  Men, Impact, Iceland

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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• I always supported the women I worked with having time off to go to parent-teacher conferences and doctors' appointments or bringing their infants into the office. I'm a huge supporter of on-site child care. You need much more sensitivity in the workplace to the challenges young women go through in trying to do two very difficult jobs well.

  Hillary Clinton

  Teacher, Jobs, Children

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• Sometimes I think of that and I'm like, "Simone, I don't know what else you can do. What more can you do? Maybe you can repeat yourself." I'll take time off, get out more, go outside more, vacation.

  Simone Biles

  Thinking, Vacation, Sometimes

  Source: espn.go.com

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• That's kind of the weird thing about Salad Days. I had to block time off from touring and tell my management and label like no press, no nothing. Let me make an album. You guys are running me dead.

  Mac DeMarco

  Running, Block, Guy

  Source: www.quipmag.com

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• I've spent a lot of time off planet.

  Christine McCormick Day

  Planets

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• When I do get married again, I'm just going to take time off.

  Janet Jackson

  Married, Take Time

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I feel like when I'm working and when it's not my time off, I like working out alone because it's kind of like that time that my mind gets to just shut off and I can just focus on working on being a better boxer.

  Gigi Hadid

  Work Out, Focus, Mind

  "Gigi Hadid Hates the Gym, Loves Carbs, and Just Got Her First Fitness Campaign". Interview with Kristina Rodulfo, www.elle.com. October 4, 2016.

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• I'm very awkward when I have time off. I don't know what to do with myself. It's weird not to work.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Awkward, Knows

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• There are other jobs I do besides rap. I was considering going back to school so there have been a few things on my plate that I thought about doing during my time off.

  Mic Geronimo

  Jobs, Rap, School

  Source: halftimeonline.net

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• At the end of the season, I normally get some time off training and can go on vacation and enjoy myself.

  Usain Bolt

  Vacation, Training, Goes On

  "Usain Bolt Reveals His Fantasy Relay Team & When He’s Hanging up His Spikes". Interview with Aaron Howes, www.highsnobiety.com. August 15, 2016.

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• I would like, then, to end by putting in a good word for the non-industrious poor. At least they aren’t hurting anyone. Insofar as the time they are taking time off from work is being spent with friends and family, enjoying and caring for those they love, they’re probably improving the world more than we acknowledge.

  David Graeber

  Hurt, Caring, Family And Friends

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• Once, during the drinking phase, Wendy had accused him of desiring his own destruction but not possessing the necessary moral fiber to support a full-blown deathwish. So he manufactured ways in which other people could do it, lopping a piece at a time off himself and their family.

  Stephen King

  Drinking, Moral Fiber, People

  Stephen King (2008). “The Shining”, p.234, Anchor

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• When we do get a little time off, I tend to watch movies, go to dinners, and keep it low-key.

  Nina Dobrev

  Keys, Watches, Littles

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• The employees of the year, yeah we back to work.
  I took time off, while other rappers got jerked.

  Erick Sermon

  Rap, Years, Hip Hop

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• The reality is that the overwhelming majority of women are working and they're going to be part of the labor force for a long time. While they may choose to take time off, they're doing things that women in '60s weren't doing.

  Heather Boushey

  Reality, Labor Force, Long

  "Women's pages: Next time you read about 'what women want,' check the research -- it's likely to be flimsy" by Reyhan Harmanci, www.sfgate.com. January 4, 2006.

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• I took some time off to enjoy my life, but figure skating is something I love and something I will continue doing for the rest of my life.

  Oksana Baiul

  Skating, Figures, Enjoy

  Q&As, www.goldenskate.com. March 7, 2003.

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• Oversoul Seven grimaced at Cyprus and began the examination. 'Let's see,' he said, 'In Earth terms, using an analogy, I'm a man on Wednesday and Friday, a woman on Sunday and Thursday, and have the rest of the time off for independent study.

  Jane Roberts

  Friday, Independent, Sunday

  "The Oversoul Seven Trilogy: The Education of Oversoul Seven, The Further Education of Oversoul Seven, Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time".

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• People always tell me I should run for president, but I don't think they'd give me enough time off to make my films.

  Zach Braff

  Running, Thinking, People

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• It's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you take as much time off as we did, eight years, booking agents don't know if you'll draw.

  Tina Weymouth

  Years, Eight, Rocks

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