Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.
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Related You can't measure time by days, the way you measure money by dollars and cents, because dollars are ... JORGE LUIS BORGES Therefore I urge you to commit to paying attention to every second, minute and hour of your day and ... SUNDAY ADELAJA I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES As an athlete, you sort of just win every day. Because you're going to sometimes lose every day.... BETH BROOKE Even though there are huge resources being expended, it just takes a while in order to get momentum ... SCOTT HAMILTON Every minute starts an hour and every minute is a new opportunity. Each time the clock ticks you hav... SOURCE UNKNOWN The beauty of making theater is that you have to go and do it the next day. Making a show nightly is... THOMAS KAIL For you to maximize time, you want to make sure that every second of the day that comes is converted... SUNDAY ADELAJA You should be kissed everyday, every hour, every minute. NICHOLAS SPARKS Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life... MICHAEL LANDON Marry me, Rebecca...You might as well say yes. I'll just talk you into it. NORA ROBERTS Don't do this at home. You need to know what you're doing and be on top of it every minute of every ... JEFF MATTHEWS When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the agin... CAL RIPKEN, JR. Reputation are made every day and every minute. CHRISTOPHER RUEL Do you ever miss him? Every day. Every minute. Every minute, she says. Yes, it's tha... AUDREY NIFFENEGGER What you do, minute by minute, hour by hour and day by day matters most & this is Consistency. Consi... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life... MICHAEL LANDON Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life... POPE PAUL VI Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life... MICHAEL LANDON JR. Now, we are selling over 5 million songs a day now. Isn't that unbelievable? That's 58 songs... STEVE JOBS Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come a... HORACE Every morning, appreciate the golden glowing sun for giving you life. Every evening, appreciate your... DEBASISH MRIDHA Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your... AVA DUVERNAY Every day, every hour, every minute, they're adjusting in real time. JEFFREY PFEFFER The words of confirmation into the Church are an invitation: 'Receive the Holy Ghost.' And t... HENRY B. EYRING Live every minute as if you are late for the last train. COLSON WHITEHEAD Days of slow walking are very long: they make you live longer, because you have allowed every hour, ... FRéDéRIC GROS By engaging speed, you can achieve more during a shorter time and invest more value into every minut... SUNDAY ADELAJA ...if anything matters then everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is impo... WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life... M.J. DEMARCO As I see it, every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself. ADELLE DAVIS We talk about time travellers, but if you think about it we are already time travelling every second... GARY F EVANS... For me, style is about how you feel that day and what inspires you, as well as taking chances and ma... DREE HEMINGWAY Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pande... EVELYN UNDERHILL Cherish every minute. Treasure every hour. Make each day count. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO You are the architect of your life. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The Chinese government has taken very effective measures, and they are making improvements every mon... DR MARGARET CHAN It's unimaginable every time you go. You just want to love every second of it and every minute becau... BLAINE STEWART I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with resp... JONI MITCHELL In the end, history proved the Jews correct. Across time and place, memory lives on the tenacity of ... PSYCHE ROXAS-MENDOZA I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to s... MADHURI DIXIT I don't think, as players, we can sit here and worry about that drought. You just have to keep getti... CASEY BLAKE You learn so much about yourself as an artist. I never would have thought that I could sing every ni... YUNA You know as well as I do, the condo guys are on your back every week. ARTHUR COX Every time you experiment with something, every time you've tried something, you can cross that off.... MARKUS ZUSAK It's hard work, keeping track of schedules and making sure that you make your call time every day. JENNAE HARWELL You are not a bad person because you are gay. You are you because you are you and you were meant to ... TEGAN QUIN Every time you go to an airport and get on a plane, you are basically taking advantage of the work t... MARGOT LEE SHETTERLY Some of the pictures I must say every now and then I just think are going to be funny. When it gets ... MARTIN MULL They are in my thoughts and prayers every day, as well as those of my family. JOSHUA CORCRAN Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging th... BEA ARTHUR Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging th... BEATRICE ARTHUR You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself bes... TAMORA PIERCE Addy, living one day without you would never be for the best. I want you every minute of every day. ... LAUREN HAMMOND As I get, I give. Giving as you get is critical. It has everything to do with being happy for yourse... RUSSELL SIMMONS The key to good decision making is evaluating the available information - the data - and combining i... EMILY OSTER Going green doesn’t start with doing green acts — it starts with a shift in consciousness. This ... IAN SOMERHALDER And you are, every day, relentlessly terminating that life. And you are happy with that? MARTIN BASHIR You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed wi... THOMAS TRAHERNE You deserve someone who loves you with every single beat of his heart, someone who thinks about you ... CECELIA AHERN Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce... ROBERT COLLIER Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce... ROBERT COLLIER You just have to start putting one foot in front of the other, making an effort to get healthy every... ALI VINCENT For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. RALPH WALDO EMERSON It's just every day. You work on it every day. We have to communicate, and as a point guard, that's ... DEDRICK FINN The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you ... JOHN IRVING The only reason I wanted 'Making Toast' as the title is that it is a simple gesture of movin... ROGER ROSENBLATT If you had to spend every second, of every day, of every year of your life with someone, would you d... JAMES A. MURPHY Anyone who says you can't do anything with short hair is wrong! Every day, my style turns into s... EVAN RACHEL WOOD Having set your goal, you must organize yourself to ensure that every second of the day is loaded wi... SUNDAY ADELAJA Imagine a thousand more such daily intrusions in your life, every hour and minute of every day, and ... JACK HENRY ABBOTT You make choices every day and almost every hour that keep you walking in the light or moving away t... HENRY B. EYRING Now, I pray you, cast yourself into a different world, a different trail of thought; step into a pla... ALEXIS STEINHAUER Life is precious and you are unique so never forget to remind yourself every day. VIKRANT PARSAI I think as an artist you have to reinvent yourself every day. DAMIEN HIRST You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you e... JASON CALACANIS It is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money. HILLARY CLINTON Invest your life into what you were born to do. Make every minute of your life count. Redeem every m... SUNDAY ADELAJA I don't want to say everything happens for a reason but every day is lined up right next to the ... MAYIM BIALIK Industrial engineering is about making systems run better. It's problem-solving, and that's what you... JOE GIRARDI When you are making a success of something, it's not work. It's a way of life. You enjoy yourself be... ANDREW GRANATELLI You are amazing person with unique talents. Have faith in your abilities. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I'm delighted to be part of an organization of dedicated journalists whose sole mission is to report... CONNIE CHUNG I always got on well with Roberto Mancini and never had a problem with him. Every manager has their ... SERGIO AGUERO Every Dog has a day and every human has a life. It all depends on what you want to be. The strange t... ROY Besides, if you're going to die horribly, you might as well do it with style. JONATHAN STROUD We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the ve... MAGGIE HASSAN And as far as a team liking you, that's just how it is; either they like you or they don't. What you... MARCO COLEMAN Today when you pray increase the circle of people you pray for and include even those who are unkind... LATIKA TEOTIA This is incredible. You might as well get some storm troopers and go down to every house. CAMERON STEWART I've worked out every day since the beginning of summer. It's a lot of basic stuff, just making the ... KALLIE KNOWER Every minute spent on good sleep, it was well spent; unless you are sleeping outside under the stars... RODOLFO PEON He was one of my idols growing up. Those guys every moment and every minute that they talk to you, y... JIM THOME I love you, Allie. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I... NICHOLAS SPARKS Every day, we are given 24 hours and as the clock ticks, the hours are diminishing till at 11pm, you... SUNDAY ADELAJA You are just as capable of making a mistake as anyone else. By insisting too eagerly upon a small ri... LAWRENCE G. LOVASIK You wish maybe it could've gone on forever, but that's the nature of the business, ... This year, I'... AL MICHAELS He bent to put his cheek against hers. His breath against her ear made her shudder with each deliber... CASSANDRA CLARE They miss Rachel and Lillian Rose every minute of every day. JOSEPH FLAHERTY We are making improvements every day, every practice. I think we've all found a rhythm. Our roles ar... CANDICE WIGGINS
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Tears, for example. REBECCA WEST Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so ... REBECCA WEST One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories. REBECCA FALLS Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other's... REBECCA WEST He is every other inch a gentleman. REBECCA WEST Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better... REBECCA WEST All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sle... REBECCA WEST Being classy is my teenage rebellion. REBECCA MCKINSEY Men must be capable of imagining and executing and insisting on social change if they are to reform ... REBECCA WEST There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of ... REBECCA WEST Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. REBECCA WEST I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call m... REBECCA WEST I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from ... REBECCA WEST It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion. REBECCA WEST When I first drove my car down Sunset Strip, I nearly crashed my car gazing at the monolithic ads of... REBECCA PIDGEON A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample. REBECCA WEST There's a lot of politics over who gets the next allocation of Congressional funding. REBECCA MACKINNON My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for g... REBECCA LOBO Amazon webhosting dropped Wikileaks as a customer after receiving a complaint from U.S. Senator Joe ... REBECCA MACKINNON I was a sort of New York intellectual when I was 16. I wanted to dress like Annie Hall when I was 18... REBECCA HALL I'm really inspired by the show 'Future Boy Conan' from the '70s. It's a really ... REBECCA SUGAR Obama has proved to be particularly adept at using the media to disseminate his administration's... REBECCA TRAISTER It's so rare that I get to do something in my own accent in my own hometown. REBECCA HALL City life is stressful. Everybody is running around like crazy, stuck in traffic jams trying to make... REBECCA PIDGEON As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mecha... REBECCA MACKINNON Our government and its social policies, its tax breaks, the way school days work, so much of the cou... REBECCA TRAISTER