“Normal adult shopping is something I will never actually do, because it's no more possible for me to go shopping like normal adults do than it is for a man with no legs to wake up one day and walk. I can't miss shopping like you'd miss things you once had. I miss it in a different way. I miss it like you would miss a train.” MenWayI CanDifferentWalksMissingLike YouOne DayNormalAdultsWake UpTrainLegsDifferent WaysShopping Author:John Darnielle
“As musicians it's often difficult. You go to a dinner party and most people treat you like some kind of exotic animal and in a way like you don't have any problems and that it's all fantastic and glamorous and that you wake up in the morning, you kick the groupies out of bed, you roll onto the floor onto a needle, right, which fills you with a lovely substance, you roll into the gutter and you stare at the moon and out comes beautiful poetry. The fact of the matter is that that's nonsense. It's a lot of hard work.” PeopleWayKindMatterHardFactsProblemBeautifulDifficultAnimalPartyMorningHard WorkLike YouBedMoonMusicianTreatsWake UpDinnerLovelyFantasticSubstanceStaringKicksNonsenseGlamorousNeedlesExoticDinner PartyGuttersGroupieBeautiful PoetryExotic Animals Author:Brian Molko
“You know how you wake up in the morning and sometimes you look gorgeous and other times you look like you got hit by a mack truck? I realized that my mack truck is food. If I have no sugar, yeast or wine, I have no undereye bags and my skin is perfect.” IfsKnowsLooksSometimesPerfectMorningKnow HowLike YouSkinsWake UpWineI RealizedBagsSugarTruckGorgeousYeastMackMack Trucks Author:Mariska Hargitay
“The last thing you want to do is be a bore. When you wake up in the morning, give yourself a good mirror test. If you look like you’re going to be a sulking, pouting bore, slap yourself in the face before you go out to the office.” IfsWantGivingLooksLastsFacesMorningLike YouOfficeTestsWake UpMirrorsBoresSlapSulkingPouting Author:Jack Welch
“I felt a combination of happiness and humility [ to People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People ]. At the same time there's a lot of pressure, because people can approach you whose intentions aren't in the best place, and they can say things that are very hurtful. And on one of those days when you wake up and you just go and get your coffee without worrying about looking your best, you make yourself vulnerable to someone who'd say something like, "You look awful for being on the Top 100 list."” PeopleLooksBeautifulFeltWorryHumilityLike YouApproachWake UpPressureIntentionListsCoffeeMagazinesVulnerableAwfulCombinationHurtfulBeautiful PeopleBest PlaceTop 100One Of Those Days Author:Zoe Saldana
“I get to focus on something I love to do 24-hours a day rather than trying to squeeze it in between midterms, or even during my normal workday. When I was at Google it was like you wake up at 7 and then you get home by 7 and you start your second job of music. So now I get to focus all my efforts on music, travel and play shows and do all of this stuff. That's the difference - That's all my life is, all day.” TryingPlayShowsHomeJobsLife IsStuffHoursDifferencesEffortFocusLike YouNormalWake UpGoogleMidterms Author:Hoodie Allen
“I kind of feel like I have grown as just like a human being as a human being by being able to adapt and adjust and know that like you can't ever rest on your laurels, you have to sort of wake up; you actually have to be present.” KnowsFeelsHumansKindAbleHuman BeingsLike YouWake UpLaurels Author:Nicole Beharie
“It's like you are dreaming, and then somebody wakes you up and says, "Wake up, this is true!" You always look back, thinking that maybe they meant to call someone else. But, when life gives you the opportunity to go through something like this, you better make the most of it and enjoy it and have fun. This doesn't happen every day.” ThinkingGivingLooksDreamHappensOpportunityFunEnjoyLike YouWake UpHaving FunTrue YouWakes You Author:Elena Anaya
“You know what kills me about Jennifer Lopez? The fact that this woman wakes up one day and she's like, 'You know what? From now on, I'd like people to call me J-Lo,' and then they do it. Only a celebrity can get away with this. George Bush doesn't come out for his morning press conferences: 'From now on, I'd like to be referred to as G-Bu. Y'all know my vice president, Dog Chain.” PeopleKnowsFactsPresidentMorningDogLike YouOne DayWake UpPressesVicesChainsGet AwayCall MeConferencesKill MeVice PresidentJenniferPress Conferences Author:Carol Leifer
“Everything goes so fast that you wake up suddenly after 5 years and you just feel like you want to talk about different [things] than everybody in the group, you want to talk about your own things.” WantFeelsYearsDifferentGroupsLike YouWake UpDifferent Things Author:K-Maro
“And religious music and the sort of symbolism of it and everything. But I had this idea. Actually, I sort of dreamt it. I woke up - just before waking up one morning, I sort of dreamt this song or the idea of it and the first little bit of it. And I jumped out of bed and I thought, well, you're still asleep. You're going to forget this in a minute - you know, like you do when you've had a dream.” KnowsFirstsWellsLittlesStillsIdeasDreamSongBitsReligiousForgetMorningMinutesLike YouBedLittle BitWake UpWakingSymbolismReligious Music Author:Nick Lowe
“We can use music as a tool to overcome things. It was a beautiful age and realization for me, an awakening. I felt like my eyes were opened. It was like, you mean to tell me that I have the opportunity when I'm bottling stuff up, wanting to smash windows and breaking down walls, I can put that energy into a song and wake up the next day with that weight lifted?” MeanI CanUseEyeAgeBeautifulSongNextOpportunityEnergyFeltStuffLike YouWallToolsWindowOvercomingWeightWake UpAwakeningRealizationNext DayBreaking Down Author:Chuck Ragan
“You marry somebody you love, that you feel like you want to spend the rest of your life with, that you're excited to wake up with every morning if you enjoy spending the day with. Right now... my wife is my best friend, by far my best friend.” IfsWantFeelsEnjoyMorningWifeLike YouRight NowWake UpExcitedMy WifeSpendingEvery MorningMy Best FriendRest Of Your Life Author:Charlie Daniels
“I never sleep in. By the way, when we're like, "We alternate waking up for the kids," the other person's waking up at 7 a.m. It's not like you're waking up at 10. It's like, "I'm really going to give you a treat and you're gonna get your ass up at 7 instead of 5:59." Which is when our son wakes up.” WayGivingPersonsKidsSleepSonLike YouTreatsWake UpAssWakingNever Sleep Author:June Diane Raphael
“I'm like, "You could not wake up in the sixes? Does it really gotta be in the fives?" Because the 5 really feels like nighttime. I don't like the day starting at 5.” FeelsDoeLike YouWake UpStartingNighttime Author:June Diane Raphael