“There's nothing I'd say that keeps me awake at night, but I think that when you're working with a group of people that are so beyond talented that, every day, you wake up going, "All right, I gotta fight to stay at the same level as these people," that's what makes it fun.” PeopleThinkingNightFightingFunLevelsGroupsWake UpAwakeAwake At Night Author:Brie Larson
“Wake up to the real world. Look at what's happening in the region. Look at where people are going, how people react to humiliation and marginalization. I do not think a few more votes is worth making this menace - that we all face - far more complicated. People have to wake up to that and respond to that, not politicize it.” PeopleThinkingWorldLooksRealFacesHappeningsVoteWake UpComplicatedRegionsReal WorldHumiliationMenaceMarginalization Author:Mohammad Javad Zarif
“Every day I wake up, there's a little part of my brain that's thinking I might die in a terrorist attack today.” ThinkingLittlesMightTodayDiesBrainWake UpTerroristTerrorist Attacks Author:Nick Blaemire
“I think there are people who do write regionally, because that's their subject matter - the way the sunset looks over a strip mall, memories of flirting at the ice rink, waking up to a deer at the window... Up to now, that hasn't been mine.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingLooksMatterMemoriesSubjectsMinesWindowWake UpIceSunsetWakingFlirtingSubject MatterMallsDeer Author:Matthea Harvey
“What I would say to young women is: Pay attention to the real. Pay attention to what you're really thirsting for. What do you really want? And I think that's much harder to decipher in a culture that has no interest in it. What interests me is, are we going to wake in time? Are human beings going to wake up to ourselves, to the incredible poverty that's on this planet, to what we're doing to the earth, to what we're doing to women, to what we're doing to boys? That's what's important.” ThinkingWantHumansImportantRealEarthYoungCultureInterestHuman BeingsPayAttentionBoysPovertyPlanetsHarderWake UpIncrediblesPay AttentionYoung WomenWhat's ImportantDecipher Author:Eve Ensler
“People abroad always tend to take what the best of what we have and come back through the back door always, say, and hit us with it. And then we wake up one day and say, I think I've heard that. Yeah, it was done by whoever, you know. So, ah, that's been one of our weaknesses we don't tend to hold on as they do there.” PeopleThinkingKnowsDoneDoorsHeardOne DayWeaknessWake UpYeahBack Doors Author:Ben E. King
“Mindfulness is the key to everything, and this is especially true when one approaches the cultural portal known as "middle age." This is when people mindlessly believe that it's normal to get diseases and start to fall apart. But the truth is that midlife is the time when people need to wake up and be far more mindful about their everyday habits and thinking patterns.” PeopleThinkingNeedsBelieveAgeFallKnownMiddleKeysHabitTruth IsDiseaseNormalApproachMindfulnessWake UpEverydayPatternsFalling ApartMiddle AgesPortalMidlife Author:Christiane Northrup
“That's the one thing you wake up with every day: How long have I got left? And that's the saddest thing in the world, because you have this absolute realization that everything you love you're going to have to let go of and give up. I look at my daughter and I think, There's going to be a point where I'm not going to be around for her. Even the thought of that breaks my heart.” ThinkingWorldGivingLooksHeartLongLeftBreakOne ThingLove YouMy HeartLetting GoGiving UpDaughterWake UpAbsolutesRealizationMy DaughterSaddestBreaking My Heart Author:Moby
“I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could be a new chance.” ThinkingWayChanceMorningOffersConversationWake UpEvery MorningNew WaysNew Beginnings Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
“I think that those of us who are ordinary disappear easily into the backdrop of life and we take things for granted. We often wake up in our lives and wonder how we got there. But the characters I create, the people I am drawn to, are quite extraordinary (and not always in wholesome ways), and they offer us the chance to understand who we really are and how we became who we are.” PeopleThinkingWayCharacterChanceWonderOur LivesOffersOrdinaryWake UpExtraordinaryDisappearGrantedWho We AreBackdropTaking Things For Granted Author:Chris Abani
“It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.” ThinkingProblemHumorHappensFunnyRememberNightReligionSeriousWake UpPope Author:Pope John XXIII
“I like having surprises in the morning for each other on the bedside table, so when you wake up you have something immediately. Just like a little teaser. Then I think it's nice to stay in bed all morning. It's simple.” ThinkingLittlesSimpleMorningNiceBedWake UpTablesSurpriseTeasers Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“It's a great wake-up call for our entire industry: What movies are we making? What storytellers are we allowing to tell the stories? What people are we allowing to be cast in those stories? I think we need newer stories, and more people given the opportunity to do anything they want.” PeopleThinkingWantNeedsStoriesOpportunityGivenIndustryWake UpCastsAllowingStorytellerWake Up Call Author:John Krasinski
“I think you should enjoy this life that you are given on this earth because we really don't know what it is in the afterlife. We can definitely prove that this life is this life here because we wake up every day and do the same thing that we do.” ThinkingKnowsShouldEarthLife IsGivenEnjoyProveWake UpThis LifeAfterlife Author:Charlie Benante
“I like words and numbers. I'm obsessed with them. You know, I think I would've been a mathematician had I kept up, but it's the stuff in your head, you know? It's like being technologically adept. You have it or you don't. You can learn it, but some people just have it. They go to sleep, wake up, and know everything. I like games, too. I love playing games.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGamesStuffSleepNumbersWake UpObsessedMathematicianGoing To SleepPlaying GamesAdept Author:Jackee Harry
“I think everybody who was in it thought they were all going to be Eartha Kitt or be big stars. That didn't happen, but it was a wake-up call to have one's first professional job on Broadway, I must say.” ThinkingFirstsBigsHappensJobsStarsWake UpBroadwayWake Up Call Author:Maggie Smith
“This is I think a dramatic point for conservatives. They are waking up to the fact that this guy, that Donald Trump has an ability to speak to people who they thought were theirs ideologically, people who they thought were a part of their team.” PeopleThinkingFactsGuySpeakAbilityTeamTrumpWake UpDramaticWakingThis GuyAbility To Speak Author:Ben Domenech
“I sort of feel like it comes around again. That when you get to a certain age, when you've lived enough and you've got your friends to support you and your family to support you, you wake up one morning and think, yeah, I'm okay.” ThinkingFeelsEnoughAgeCertainMorningSupportOkayWake UpYeahOur FamilySupport You Author:Anna Quindlen
“I was adopted legally around age three, but it's not like this thing I think about when I wake up every day. I was adopted by my foster parents, so I was comfortable with them. I wasn't in this alien place.” ThinkingAgeThreeParentComfortableWake UpAliensAdoptedFoster Parent Author:Angel Olsen
“Nightmares are distinctly different from dreams in the way that people feel them and experience them. So a lot of people think that a nightmare is something where something is chasing them and you have to wake up screaming. Yes, that's one of the more common nightmares that we see is the person chasing someone or they're being chased.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsPersonsDifferentDreamCommonWake UpNightmareChasing Author:Shelby Harris
“I think of being an actor as kind of a young man's gig. It's emasculating, in a way, people messing with you and putting make-up on you and telling you when to wake up and when to go to sleep, holding your hand to cross the street. I can do it up to a certain point, and then I start to feel like a puppet.” PeopleThinkingMenWayFeelsKindI CanHandsYoungCertainActorsCan DoSleepStreetsCrossesWake UpYoung ManGigsGoing To SleepPuppetsI Can Do It Author:Kevin Bacon
“Waking up in the morning, you didn't have to even think, you did it. Being able to get to work, didn't even have to think, you did it. That's miraculous.” ThinkingAbleMorningWake UpWakingMiraculousWaking Up In The Morning Author:DeVon Franklin
“Honestly, I think it's about always making sure to cleanse your skin every single night. I never go to bed with my makeup on. That is a major key. There's nothing worse than waking up in the morning and all of your makeup has soaked into your pores.” ThinkingNightMorningKeysBedMajorsSkinsWake UpHonestlyMakeupWakingWaking Up In The Morning Author:Shay Mitchell
“Even Boris Johnson doesn't think there's going to be a United States of Europe. ​And I think there's a real question here that you're being asked to make a decision that's irreversible we cant change it, we wake up on Friday and we don't like it, and we're being sold it on a lie because they lied about the cost of Europe, they lied about Turkey's entrance to Europe, they lied about the European army because we've got a veto for that they put that in their leaflets and they've lied about this here tonight too and its not good enough you deserve the truth you deserve the truth.” ThinkingRealStatesEnoughLyingDecisionUnitedUnited StatesCostDeserveEuropeArmyWake UpTonightGood EnoughFridayTurkeysCantLiedJohnsonEntrancesNot Good EnoughIrreversibleReal QuestionsVeto Author:Ruth Davidson
“There are energies that reside in each phone and phoneme. And we can release them. And it can be grand and vast and you can create a realm where you can dwell for a while. Where things are perfect symbols of themselves, no manipulation. And that connects to me to the Buddhist view. From that perspective we can wake up on the spot, be conscious of our world, think of others.” ThinkingWorldEnergyPerfectViewsPerspectiveConsciousWake UpPhonesSpotsReleaseSymbolsBuddhistRealmsManipulationOur World Author:Anne Waldman
“I think I'm probably going to have more luck on tour, on the road, than I am at home, because as hectic as traveling can be, I have a little bit more control, for life situations out there on the road. It's the one aspect of my life I feel like I do have some control of. I can wake up in my hotel room, I'm alone and I can ease into the day and do what I need to do. It's not like I've got to get up and drive the kids to school, feed the dog, get to the gym, go to practice, go pay a bill, you know what I mean?” ThinkingKnowsNeedsFeelsMeanLittlesI CanHomeKidsSchoolBitsRoomsPaySituationPracticeDogLittle BitAspectWake UpLuckBillsGet UpEaseHotelGymHotel RoomsHectic Author:Mike Ness
“I think everybody on this planet does that - trying to capture your dream after you wake up.” ThinkingTryingDoeDreamPlanetsWake UpYour DreamsCapture Author:Saul Williams
“I think I've always had a pretty good time in life. I mean, I've had major trouble, and major brain surgeries, and challenges in relationships - like anyone else - but overall, when I wake up in the morning, and I'm aware, I'm like, "Ok. What's happening today? What's next?"” ThinkingMeanTodayNextChallengesBrainMorningTroubleMajorsHappeningsWake UpGood TimesSurgeryBrain Surgery Author:Gary Kraftsow
“I like waking up in the morning when I don't have to get up and think about the next thing, and I can just be present with the feeling of being alive, I guess.” ThinkingI CanFeelingsNextMorningAliveWake UpGet UpWakingWaking Up In The Morning Author:Gary Kraftsow
“I discovered on school days, when they've got to get up at 6:30, they won't get out of bed. But on the weekends, they were up at 6 a.m. I was like, "Why do you guys wake up so early on the weekends?" It's like, "Because I wake up and I think, Is it a TV day? And if it is..." So we had to change that rule. I'm like, "Thank you for telling me what I need to do."” IfsThinkingNeedsSchoolGuyTvsBedWake UpGet UpWeekendSchool Days Author:Julie Bowen
“I think it's quite common and realistic. There are many stories like this [in Waitress]. [Jenna, my character] marriage looks really horrible up on the screen but I think there are a lot of people in bad relationships who wake up and think to themselves: "Wow, how did I end up here? Why am I still here and so unhappy and not satisfied with my life?"” PeopleThinkingLooksStillsEndsCharacterStoriesCommonWake UpScreensUnhappySatisfiedHorribleRealisticWowWaitressBad Relationship Author:Keri Russell
“I commend women who wake up 30, 40 minutes early to put on eyeliner. I think it's Âbeautiful. I'm just not that person.” ThinkingPersonsBeautifulMinutesWake UpEyeliner Author:Mila Kunis
“Have a baby, and you realize: The second you think you got sh-t figured out, you don't. It's the greatest wake-up call.” ThinkingRealizingBabyWake UpWake Up Call Author:Mila Kunis
“If you've been driving for a little while and nothing's happened to you yet - and you've been texting and driving - you think, 'Oh nothing's going to happen.' But all it takes is an accident happening with one of your friends or God forbid, something happening to you, to really give you a wake-up call.” IfsThinkingGivingLittlesHappensHappenedHappeningsWake UpAccidentsDrivingTextingWake Up CallTexting And Driving Author:Victoria Justice
“You know, I'm incredibly blessed to be able to have this level of choice as an artist today. In this economy, it's something that I, you know, pinch myself at constantly, just thinking about how I could wake up tomorrow and decide I'm going to start painting this or that. So it's good.” ThinkingKnowsTodayAbleArtistChoicesLevelsEconomyPaintingTomorrowWake UpBlessed Author:Kehinde Wiley
“One thing that I've been doing for a long time is to wake up really early. I try to get up around 4 or 5 in the morning, long before most of my lab members are up, which gives me some quiet time to really think without distraction. I think that's important.” ThinkingGivingTryingLongImportantMorningOne ThingQuietMembersLong TimeGive MeWake UpGet UpDistractionLabsQuiet Time Author:Edward Boyden
“I think we're at a really unique moment right now because the American people are waking up to the fact that it is a race to the bottom between these two corporate parties that are sending jobs overseas, putting downward pressure on wages, starving people out of healthcare, locking an entire generation into unpayable predatory student loan debt.” PeopleThinkingTwoMomentsFactsJobsPartyRaceGenerationsStudentsRight NowUniqueWake UpPressureBottomDebtCorporateWakingHealthcareWagesLoanStarvingPredatoryStudent Loan Author:Jill Stein
“I think trusting your instincts and doing what is right by you is the most important thing, because at the end of the day you go to bed and you wake up as you.” ThinkingImportantEndsBedWake UpImportant ThingsInstinctThe End Of The DayTrust Your Instincts Author:Takudzwa Victoria Rosa Maidza
“I've found great virtue in two-thirds of the way into the message; right before I'm really want to nail home a point, pausing to tell a joke or to tell a light-hearted story, because I know my audience has been working with me now for 20 or 25 minutes. And if I can get them to laugh, get oxygen into their system, it wakes up those who might be sleeping, so there's something about using a story to draw people back in right before you drive home your final point. In that case I think it's real legitimate just to use a story for story's sake.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayWantHas BeensI CanTwoRealStoriesUseHomeLightMightFoundSleepCasesAudienceLaughingVirtueMinutesMessagesDrawsJokesThirdsWake UpFinalsSakeNailsOxygenHeartedPausingLight Hearted Author:Max Lucado
“Yeah, because I think it's more important just to inspire people to wake up one day and pick up a book and start feeling it out for themselves.” PeopleThinkingImportantBookFeelingsInspireOne DayPicksWake UpYeah Author:Maynard James Keenan
“I think whoever runs next time has to have a very clear idea of where he or she wants to take America and has to run on those ideas, because the election cannot be about personalities, participants sniping, all of the irrelevant stuff the day after the election sort of dissipates, and you wake up and say, okay, now what am I going to do?” ThinkingWantIdeasRunningAmericaNextStuffClearPersonalityOkayWake UpElectionNext TimeIrrelevantParticipantsSniping Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think that poets can say, "What we want is for everybody on earth to wake up free from fear and with access to medicine and clean water and education." But I don't think poets have any special insight on how to get there. And the 20th century is a pretty good record of that because so many of the great poets were Stalinists: Vallejo, Neruda, Eluard, Aragon, etc. They wrote their odes to Lenin and Stalin. They glorified some of the most violent and grotesque dictatorships of the 20th century. And a lot of the ones who were not Stalinists were fascists or fascist sympathizers.” ThinkingWantEarthWaterRecordsSpecialCenturyPoetWake UpMedicineCleanInsightAccessViolentEtcDictatorship20th CenturyFascistsGrotesqueGreat PoetClean WaterOdesGood RecordsLenin And Stalin Author:Robert Hass
“Basically, I wake up at nine o'clock in the morning, go to different record stores, go to the studio, think up different ideas for songs. Just workin'.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentSongMorningRecordsWake UpStudiosStoresNineClockDifferent IdeasRecord Stores Author:The Notorious B.I.G.
“As a human being, as you go through the course of your day, you might wake up with the shittiest day, and by noon something f - king historically funny happens around the water cooler, and you're about to fart yourself you're laughing so hard. And then you might have to think about something seriously for a minute.” ThinkingHumansHardMightHappensCoursesWaterHuman BeingsLaughingMinutesKingsWake UpNoonFartLaughing So Hard Author:Killer Mike
“When I wake up in the middle of the night when I hear one of my kids coughing or crying, I think about Syria.” ThinkingKidsNightMiddleCryWake UpSyriaMiddle Of The NightCoughing Author:Samantha Power
“When I wake up in the morning, I think about Syria.” ThinkingMorningWake UpSyria Author:Samantha Power
“I think I play tennis for, to against a big legend, big court, short time. That's what I train for. That's why every day I wake up and I wish I could play those matches, you know. It's like, for me it's the best thing can happen is to play against that guy on that stage, you know.” ThinkingKnowsPlayBigsHappensGuyWishStageWake UpCourtTrainBest ThingsTennisLegendsThat GuyShort Time Author:Gael Monfils
“Coach [Pat] Riley's record speaks for itself. What makes him so special is he is a coach clearly concerned about winning. His whole thinking when he wakes up every day is how can I make this team [ New York Knicks] more focused and going through 82 games during the regular season and the playoffs.” ThinkingWholeGamesWinningSpeakRecordsTeamSpecialNew YorkConcernedSeasonsWake UpFocusedCoachesPlayoffsKnicks Author:John Starks
“If we have a Democratic Senate I think the Republican Party will wake up to the reality that their opposition to comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship is a losing proposition. That Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric and derogatory comments do not really work in a national election. And I think we'll have a better chance to actually get something done.” IfsThinkingDoneRealityChancePartyPathTrumpRepublicanLosingWake UpElectionDemocraticImmigrationReformOppositionCommentSenateRhetoricCitizenshipRepublican PartyPropositionsComprehensiveImmigration ReformDerogatory Author:Hillary Clinton
“If people wake up, think critically, and get angry, we get connected to that courage that the founding generation meant us to have. History shows when millions just don't go along, resist at any level - and I'm talking about all the way up to bipartisan impeachment and arrest of the leaders of the coup - then it can't happen.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayShowsHappensLevelsTalkingLeaderMillionsGenerationsWake UpAngryConnectedFoundingBipartisanCoupsImpeachment Author:Naomi Wolf