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Get Up Quotes (page 17)

For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are that you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast,... Andy Rooney
They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? How could we ever get up off our knees? How could we ever recover from the wonder of it? By forgetting. We cannot keep in mind too many things. There is only the present and nothing to remember. Jeanette Winterson
Paulo Coelho quote: "Success is falling down 7 times but getting up 8!"
Success is falling down 7 times but getting up 8! Paulo Coelho
I have one head that wants to be good, And one that wants to be bad. And always, as soon as I get up, One of my heads is sad. John Ciardi
Vincent Van Gogh quote: "Only when I fall do I get up again."
Only when I fall do I get up again. Vincent Van Gogh
When He was challenged by Jesus to accept a life of voluntary poverty, the rich young man knew he was faced with the simple alternative of obedience or disobedience. When Levi was called from the receipt of custom and Peter from his nets, there was no doubt that Jesus meant business. Both of them were to leave everything and follow. Again, when Peter was called to walk on the rolling sea, he had to get up and risk his life. Only one thing was required in each case-to rely on Christ's word,... Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Poem (Lana Turner has collapsed!)Lana Turner has collapsed! I was trotting along and suddenlyit started raining and snowingand you said it was hailingbut hailing hits you on the headhard so it was really snowing andraining and I was in such a hurryto meet you but the trafficwas acting exactly like the skyand suddenly I see a headline. LANA TURNER HAS COLLAPSED! there is no snow in Hollywoodthere is no rain in California. I have been to lots of partiesand acted perfectly disgracefulbut I never... Frank O'Hara
This didn't seem to have anything to do with Old Narnia, which was what Caspian really wanted to hear about, but getting up in the middle of the night is always interesting and he was moderately pleased. C. S. Lewis
I can't sit still and see another man slaving and working. I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do. It is my energetic nature. I can't help it. Jerome K. Jerome
Cormac McCarthy quote: "What's the bravest thing you ever did? He spat in the road a..."
What's the bravest thing you ever did? He spat in the road a bloody phlegm. Getting up this morning, he said. Cormac McCarthy
I can go into restaurants and a whole table will get up and clap if they recognize me, because they love Fox News. Other places - or even the same place - people will turn the other way. Rupert Murdoch
I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that's enough. In the afternoon, I run. Haruki Murakami
You'd have to think that you're at least decent, or you couldn't get up every morning and do it. I think if I live long enough, I might be pretty good. Martin Mull
Martin Mull quote: "To be able to get up and be in my studio and work all day is a..."
To be able to get up and be in my studio and work all day is a great joy. Martin Mull
Andrew Motion quote: "I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and..."
I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am. Andrew Motion

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