“I think because it is a very well-saturated story,episode of Justified in Hannibal, and we've all heard it in some frame of a story, we've heard the urban legend of waking up in a bathtub with a kidney missing. It felt like if we are telling an organ-harvesting story, it was really about quickly selling the iconography of an organ-harvesting story, and then being able to mask that as a perfect way for Hannibal Lecter to go shopping for his menu.” IfsThinkingWayWellsStoriesAbleFeltPerfectHeardMissingWake UpSellingMaskLegendsWakingShoppingOrgansEpisodesUrbanJustifiedMenusKidneysSaturatedBathtubsIconographyMissing ItUrban Legends Author:Bryan Fuller
“I think a lot of people get into what they're eating. Yes, it's important, but at some point, let's think about what we're feeling. It can become a control issue to control everything that you're eating and the exercise that you're doing. I think it's good to do a bit of everything, but to just notice how you're feeling when you wake up in the morning.” PeopleThinkingImportantFeelingsBitsMorningIssuesExerciseEatingWake UpControl Issues Author:Caroline Dhavernas
“It's a false illusion that we wake up thinking of who we are in terms of identity and that we are stuck in the boundaries of who we are nationalistically.” ThinkingTermIdentityIllusionWake UpStuckBoundariesWho We Are Author:Elia Suleiman
“I try not to be either optimistic or pessimistic. I try not to think about outcomes on that scale. My job, it seems to me, is to wake up every morning and figure out how to cause as much trouble for the fossil fuel industry as I can.” ThinkingTryingI CanSeemsJobsCausesMorningTroubleFiguresIndustryWake UpScalesOptimisticOutcomesFuelEvery MorningFossilsFossil FuelPessimistic Author:Bill McKibben
“Young people are tremendously frustrated because they don't see politics as changing anything. They see it as perpetuating a system that frankly doesn't work and no matter who you vote for things don't really change. Social media is where I think a bold message will wake them up. We saw that a little bit in the Occupy movement. Over the next three years, I think young people are going to wake up and be empowered.” PeopleThinkingVoteWake UpSocial MediaFrustratedEmpowered Author:Justin Trudeau
“I think it was a big revelation to me earlier in my life that people who appear to be evil are actually not. In other words, nobody wakes up in the morning and says, "Yuck, yuck, yuck, I'm gonna be evil." I think even like Saddam Hussein or Hitler would wake up and say, "I think it's going to be a good day. I'm gonna do some really important work." And given their definition of good, they went out and did horrible things.” PeopleThinkingImportantEvilMorningWake UpHorribleRevelationsGood Day Author:George Saunders
“For me, as Yasmine, I do this every day. I wake up in the morning, and if I can do something to make someone feel better, I do it. I do not wait to be invited; I think that's the worst thing we can do. I make it my job to wake up every day and do one thing for one person and make them feel better.” ThinkingWaitingMorningWorstWake UpFeel Better Author:Yasmine Elmasri
“Democrats losing elections. Donald Trump did win this. It's not illegitimate. And when the day comes that they realize and sober up that he's not going to be hounded out of office, that he's not gonna wake up one day and say to Mike Pence, "Here. Take the keys. I've had it." Then what are they gonna do? Because they're shooting every barrel they've got now. And they will probably continue. The think least we can make people hate him.” PeopleThinkingHateWinningRealizingOne DayOfficeLosingWake UpElectionDemocratSober Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I don't follow trends - it's more of an instinct thing. Honestly, I'm kind of my own worst client. I wake up and go, "I have nothing to wear!" But that's what makes it interesting. I ask, what would make me feel good? I think it's a constant challenge because clothes are so personal. For me, my clothes are related to my mood. If I feel like I'm not wearing the right thing, I don't feel confident. I think it's in everybody's psyche.” ThinkingKindChallengesInterestingWorstWake UpInstinctHonestlyMoodFeel GoodRight Thing Author:Maria Cornejo
“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. The afterlife I'm not so sure about. So, I don't understand why you'd want to hurt other people in thinking that you'll go on in the afterlife to have bliss. I just don't understand it.” PeopleThinkingEarthEnjoyHurtProveWake UpBliss Author:Charlie Benante
“When I wake up, I'll read something and I'll feel angry. And then I'll calm down a little bit. I'll think about it. And then I'll tweet something that talks about the issue, and if I can inject some satire and humor, I'll try to do that.” ThinkingTryingWake UpCalmSatireTweetCalm Down Author:Ted Lieu
“A lot of people will say to me, they'll say, "When is Trump going to be gone?" People who are thinking that way and are waiting, for those folks I worry that every day when they wake up and Trump is still president, every day is November 9. That's not a good headspace to be in. It just happens to be the case that the best thing you can do to feel better is to be actively engaged in pushing back, and that also happens to be the best thing that you can do for the country right now.” PeopleThinkingCountryWaitingPresidentWorryWake UpBeing The BestFeel BetterNovember Author:Jason Kander
“I wake up every day super excited to be a woman! It's amazing. I wouldn't have it any other way. There's an incredible diversity of people writing comics right now. As a writer, there are a lot of parts that I was thinking about in terms of the specific experience of being a woman superhero and what that means - the kind of pressures that are on strong women, and how women are able to feel strong in a public world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWritingKindMeanStrongTermDiversityWake UpIncrediblesExcitedStrong WomenSuperhero Author:Mariko Tamaki
“To have conscious communication with the angels - we all are continuously and unconsciously connecting with our angels, whether we know it or not - you would start in a place you feel comfortable, all by yourself, so you don't feel self-conscious. Then, just think of something you would like help with. For example, say, "Angels, I want a wonderful new job that exercises all my talents and everything I've learned - so I will wake up on Monday mornings and say 'Yippee!' - and that comfortably pays all my bills, plus some." You ask, and then the next step is to let go.” ThinkingHelpingMorningWonderfulTalentCommunicationExerciseLetting GoConsciousAngelWake UpMondayNew JobMonday Morning Author:Doreen Virtue
“When the initial little impulse comes it just tends to come. I wake up in the middle of the night, or I'll be swimming in the pool with my kids and just think, "Can't forget that one." Then there's the more organized side of the brain, which is when I choose to work on them. I've learned through a bunch of mentors how to demarcate the different times for your writing process. I keep multiple projects going at once and there's a time when no matter what you're doing, you have to stop and write it because it's coming.” ThinkingWritingDifferentKidsNightForgetBrainWake UpImpulseSwimmingPoolMentorMultipleWriting Process Author:Mark Duplass
“I don't even think of myself as a quote, unquote star - that's really douchey. I think of myself as just like . . . a dance commander. You have to have dance parties all day and night, and you always have to be excited about having a dance party. You have to have a dance party in Milan one day, and then wake up and have a dance party at, like, four in the morning on national television in L.A. the next day. The hours are insane.” ThinkingNightHoursPartyMorningOne DayWake UpExcitedInsane Author:Kesha
“My idea of no makeup on actors is really no makeup. I mean, they can be wearing makeup. I don't care what they're wearing as long as it looks like they're not wearing makeup. But an actress will suddenly appear with some lipstick on. And that's makeup. Keener's character wears makeup. Her character would wear makeup. I try to stay true to whoever that person is. I hate that kind of thing where you're waking up in the morning with makeup on in a movie. I just think it pulls you out of the movie.” ThinkingTryingKindMeanLongCharacterCareHateMorningI HateWake UpMakeupLipstickStay TrueNo Makeup Author:Nicole Holofcener
“My dreams tend to be like dog dreams. I'm usually so tired that I hardly dream at all. In a way, I do think that the zone one performs in - without getting too ooga-booga about it - it's like that moment when you wake up in the morning and you're emerging from a dream state but you're not quite up. Where are you? Can you hear the birds? Or is that the traffic? It's that zone in which I perform. It’s like one foot in reality and one foot in a dream state. I spend most of my life in that state!” ThinkingMomentsDreamRealityMorningDogBirdWake UpTiredZoneEmerging Author:Cate Blanchett
“I don't even think any stimulants really help writing. You talk to most guys and they say, "Hey. I wrote this." And they're out of their head or they had a few beers or a bottle of whiskey. You wake up the next morning, it's usually pretty crap. But you know Dylan Thomas wrote some great poetry. Brendan Behan. You never know but ultimately I'd say you have to get up early in the morning and you're usually sober when you write your good stuff; it's hard work. So alcohol, keep it for chilling out, fun, and having a good time. Not for work.” ThinkingWritingHelpingGuyFunMorningHard WorkWake UpAlcoholBeerGood TimesCrapSoberChillDylanHaving A Good TimeWhiskeyGreat PoetGreat Poetry Author:Gavin Friday
“What we really are trying to do day to day now is to wake up every day and think about more activist behavior - what we can do to move the needle on the climate crisis, whether it is calling legislators or trying to win the conversation with someone who might not see the issues the way do.” ThinkingTryingMovingWinningBehaviorWake UpCrisisActivist Author:Jon Shenk
“I think the Oscar So White campaign really sparked ... Because you didn't want to be the Oscars, so everybody in Hollywood was like, well, before the heat comes down. The Golden Globes diversified. Just everybody ended up diversifying as far as handing out awards to more diverse folks in Hollywood because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what your race is. If you're waking up every day and you're doing the work, you deserve an opportunity to be awarded like everybody else.” ThinkingOpportunityDeserveWake UpDiverse Author:Tyrese Gibson
“I just think that the gifts that God has given me and the attention that I have, I just don't feel like acting is the limit of it. I just feel like there's so much more that I could do...And, you know, every day I wake up and I try to do a little more and I just want the world to be different and better because I was here.” ThinkingWorldTryingDifferentActingAttentionWake Up Author:Will Smith
“I'm 44 now; I feel better than I did when I was 34. I've got more clarity now. I wake up in the morning, and I write my blog, and then I go upstairs, and I work on music. And I do that every day. That's what I do. I don't check in once a week and think, "Oh, I've gotta come up with something now." I'm always writing. I was just in a coffee shop in Chelsea last night, just killing time, waiting for a friend, and I sat and wrote enough for three good songs. I love it. This is my life. It's all I do.” ThinkingWritingEnoughNightSongWaitingMorningWeekWake UpKillingCoffeeClaritySatFeel BetterLast NightCoffee ShopTime To Kill Author:Bob Mould
“I literally think that if you're in this business, it has to be the only thing you can and want to do, because it's so hard. You have to be fully committed - and partially insane - to wake up every morning and be like, "I'm an actor." I have it in my blood. It's in every pore of my body. There's always something awesome about every project, even with the worst ones. I try to remind myself every time I think about complaining that there are way worse jobs than mine.” ThinkingTryingMorningWorstWake UpCommittedComplainingInsaneEvery Morning Author:Lindy Booth
“Because I worked in fashion, I know that I like fashion. Haute couture is a form of art that I can appreciate. I'm definitely not someone who wakes up every day and thinks about what I'm going to wear, but on the red carpet, it's reflective of the mood I'm in, or the movie I'm going to represent.” ThinkingArtFashionAppreciateWake UpMoodCarpetRed Carpet Author:Diane Kruger
“Sometimes I go to sleep thinking, "I don't like this painting." But then I wake up in the morning, look at it again and think, "Actually, that's not so bad."” ThinkingSometimesSleepMorningPaintingWake UpGoing To Sleep Author:Rebecca Horn
“I do really well when a challenge is put in front of me. I don't just wake up and write. I like being forced to make decisions on the spot. I think that's why I've done so many things as a freelancer.” ThinkingWritingDoneChallengesDecisionWake Up Author:Njena Reddd Foxxx
“Somebody told me that if you wake up every day and do stuff that's easy, then you're doing the wrong thing. If you wake up every day and do stuff that's really hard and you manage to get through to people, then you're doing the right thing. They might have just fooled me by telling me that, but it worked. I think that's my philosophy.” PeopleThinkingPhilosophyEasyWake UpManageRight ThingFooledDoing The Right Thing Author:M.I.A.
“Something that I tell myself every morning when I wake up is like: "Think it over, take the time to think it over." I don't like spontaneity, there you go. I'm wary of it.” ThinkingMorningWake UpEvery MorningSpontaneityTime To Think Author:Jacques Audiard
“Strangely, meanness pays more than offering constructive and interesting commentary. Every season I think, "This is the last season. I'm not gonna read tomorrow morning. Forget it." The first thing when I wake up - quite late, usually - I am craving the newspaper.” ThinkingForgetInterestingMorningTomorrowWake UpCravingForget ItMeanness Author:Nicolas Ghesquiere
“You feel like you want something, but you don't actually know what that is. I remember waking up the other night and really craving something, but not knowing what it is. That feeling has been prominent throughout my whole life. I think I try and fill that thing with lots of different things. I can't really stay still. I can't really not be stimulated. It's kind of a search of constant stimulation through other people, substances and stuff. I think that's what our lyrical content is about.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindDifferentFeelingsRememberNightLike YouWake UpWhole LifeCravingLyrical Author:Matthew Healy
“Really, every day is the perfect day to boss up. Every day that you wake up is a perfect day to boss up. It's all about continuing to put one foot in front of the next. That's what it's about. Whatever you think you're going through, just put one foot in front of the next.” ThinkingPerfectWake UpBoss Author:Rick Ross
“My mom has a diary entry or something where I wrote, "I think Steven Tyler is my father." I had the same feelings for Todd Rundgren, who raised me as his daughter. I would go to sleep at night and wake up at like 6 in the morning and creep up the little steps to the tower where he would be on his computer. I would just sit there.” ThinkingFeelingsNightFatherSleepMorningMomComputerDaughterWake UpMy MomGoing To Sleep Author:Liv Tyler
“You don't wake up in the morning and think, I'm going to be so bad today. I'm going to be a nasty villain to everyone. No, you just wake up and do your own thing.” ThinkingTodayMorningWake UpVillainNasty Author:Stanley Weber
“It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?” ThinkingEyeMusicWake UpPerformingConcertsWowHurricanesLive Concerts Author:John Lennon
“I wake up every morning, look in the mirror and ask, 'Am I a sex symbol?' Then I go back to bed again. It's stupid to think that way.” ThinkingWayLooksAsksSexMorningStupidBedWake UpMirrorsSymbolsEvery MorningSex Symbol Author:Antonio Banderas
“I'm not one of those people who wakes up and thinks, 'Bring on the day!' I have to have about 7 pints of coffee before I'm even remotely awake. But I love the golden hour in the evening, as hokey as that sounds. Just as the sun is about to set and you get those lovely shadows and everything looks gold and yellow.” PeopleThinkingLooksSoundHoursSunShadowGoldWake UpCoffeeLovelyGoldenEveningAwakeYellowPintsGolden Hour Author:Stacy London
“People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.” PeopleThinkingYearsPainYoungCertainChoicesLinesWonderHellWake UpAssumingEraseBarrelsRepercussionsMaking Choices Author:Jennifer Lopez
“I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I think.” ThinkingWake UpNightmareGuttersRecurring Author:Kevin McCloud
“When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don't have to go and work at the civil service, I really think I've won.” ThinkingMorningWake UpRealisingMondayMonday MorningCivil Service Author:Paul Merton
“I often wake up in the night, and I like to have something to think about.” ThinkingNightInspiringWake Up Author:Marilyn Monroe
“Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift.” ThinkingLooksTodayActorsBeautyMorningWake UpMovieIrelandHandsome Author:Liam Neeson
“The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I'm tired. I have been tired for decades. I am tired in the morning and I am tired while becalmed in the slough of the afternoon, and I am tired in the evening, except right when I try to go to sleep.” ThinkingTryingFirstsHas BeensFactsSleepMorningWake UpTiredDecadesEveningAfternoonGoing To SleepI'm TiredSlough Author:Susan Orlean
“I love being. There's so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn't it great just being?” ThinkingMorningWake UpHeyJust BeingBeing There Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“Every day after I wake up, I think, 'Wait... this can't be real; I'm still going to wake up.'” ThinkingStillsRealSportsWaitingWake UpBeing Real Author:Michael Phelps
“I go to sleep thinking about my kids being spoiled and I wake up thinking about it.” ThinkingKidsSleepWake UpGoing To SleepSpoiledBeing Spoiled Author:Adam Sandler
“Basically I wake up in the morning and I think everything's going to be great. I'm really kind of optimistic, and I look forward to a new day. I pick up 'The New York Times,' and I look at the front page and realize that once again I'm wrong. I start to fixate on stuff.” ThinkingLooksKindStuffRealizingMorningFrontsNew YorkPagesPicksWake UpOptimisticNew DayNew York Times Author:Lewis Black
“It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is the fault of governments. I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter.” ThinkingWorldWantDifferentGovernmentAbleMotherPoorRichLuckyDaughterWake UpFaultsMy DaughterGapsRich And PoorDifferent WorldsSo Lucky Author:Emma Thompson
“Most songs have meager beginnings. You wake up in the morning, you throw on your suspenders, and you subvocalize and just think. They seem to form like calcium. I can't think of a story right off the bat that was that interesting. I write things on the back of my hand, usually, and sing into a tape recorder.” ThinkingWritingI CanStoriesHandsSeemsFormSongInterestingMorningWake UpTapeBatsRecordersCalciumSuspenders Author:Tom Waits
“It seems like we wake up and it's a race until you get to bed. It gets to you after a while and you think, 'What the hell am I doing?'” ThinkingSeemsRaceHellBedWake Up Author:Steven Wright