Slow Down Quotes - Page 8

• Turtles remind us that the way to heaven is through the earth. In Mother Earth is all that we need. She will care for us, protect us, and nurture us, as long as we do the same for her. For that to happen, we must slow down and heighten our sensibilities. We must see the connection to all things. Just as the turtle cannot separate itself from its shell, neither can we separate ourselves from what we do to the Earth.

  Ted Andrews

  Mother, Turtles, Long

  Ted Andrews (2010). “Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small”, p.309, Llewellyn Worldwide

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• It's a mistake to predict the size of markets that are so new. This model has shown no signs of slowing down. So we are going to get as much of it as we possibly can, and when we get close to that we'll figure out other problems.

  Eric Schmidt

  Mistake, Growth, Size

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• Time will not slow down when something unpleasant lies ahead.

  J. K. Rowling

  Lying

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• Haji Ali taught me the most important lesson I've ever learned in my life...We Americans think you have to accomplish everything quickly. We're the country of thirty-minute power lunches and two-minute football drills. Haji Ali taught me to share three cups of tea, to slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects.

  Greg Mortenson

  Country, Football, Thinking

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• If we would just slow down, happiness would catch up to us.

  Richard Carlson

  Motivational, Small Stuff, Ifs

  Richard Carlson, Kristine Carlson (2007). “An Hour to Live, an Hour to Love: The True Story of the Best Gift Ever Given”, Hyperion

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• We now live in an amazing digital world, and television is firmly part of that brave new world. Television is still the way to reach the most citizens and talk to them – and with them - about how the EU affects their lives. It's still the way to bring people together – to laugh, to debate, to learn. In a world that takes a faster and faster pace, it is nice to know you can slow down once in a while with a good TV programme.

  Neelie Kroes

  Nice, Brave New World, People

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• I started playing jazz by slowing down Tal Farlow records and analyzing his runs

  Lenny Breau

  Music, Running, Playing Jazz

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• We're in a tightening cycle and the reason is the economy is growing, there's no expectation that the global economy and the Polish economy as a consequence could slow down dramatically.

  Marek Belka

  Expectations, Growing, Reason

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• We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.

  Afrika Bambaataa

  Hip Hop, Trying, West

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• Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.

  Paul Ryan

  Growth, Problem, Economic

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• I was not able to stop or slow down the Vietnam War.

  Mike Mansfield

  War, Vietnam, Able

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• Then suddenly something just kicked me. I kind of woke up and realised that I was in a different atmosphere than you normally are. My immediate reaction was to back off, slow down.

  Ayrton Senna

  Atmosphere, Different, Kind

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• It's important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say 'Hi.' It doesn't have to be a long conversation. Just calling out of the blue does more to let someone know you still care about them than nearly anything else.

  Simon Sinek

  Blue, Long, Important

  "Stay Connected: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

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• If you don't want to grow old, then slow down the slowing down process.

  Daley Thompson

  Leadership, Want, Process

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• When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Spiritual, Mind, Quiet

  Elizabeth Lesser (2008). “The Seeker's Guide: Making Your Life a Spiritual Adventure”, p.15, Ballantine Books

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• I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down.

  Janice Dickinson

  Tea, Wake Up, Drink

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• It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.

  J. K. Rowling

  Time, Giving, Potters

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• Living and working for four decades in a Bologna apartment and studio he shared with his unwed sisters, Morandi painted little but bottles, boxes, jars, and vases. Yet like that of Chardin and the underappreciated William Nicholson, Morandi's work seems to slow down time and show you things you've never seen before.

  Jerry Saltz

  Bottles, Four, Littles

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• If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to get to the good stuff, you need to slow down.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Thinking, Waiting, Needs

  "Interview With Dr. Laurie Helgoe, Author of Introvert Power". Interview with Sophia Dembling, www.psychologytoday.com. September 4, 2009.

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• Here are some questions I am constantly noodling over: Do you splurge or do you hoard? Do you live every day as if it's your last, or do you save your money on the chance you'll live twenty more years? Is life too short, or is it going to be too long? Do you work as hard as you can, or do you slow down to smell the roses? And where do carbohydrates fit into all this? Are we really all going to spend our last years avoiding bread, especially now that bread in American is so unbelievable delicious? And what about chocolate?

  Nora Ephron

  Years, Smell, Long

  "No one has suffered like Nora Ephron -- well, except for me" by Ms. Gonick, www.sfgate.com. September 16, 2006.

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• It is good advice to slow down a little, steady the course, and focus on the essentials when experiencing adverse conditions.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Religious, Advice, Focus

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• You know what I mean. And by the way, you should slow down.” I sighed. “You’re kidding me. This is coasting. This is little old lady speed.” “NASCAR drivers would have heart attacks. Slow down before we get a ticket.” “Chicken.

  Rachel Caine

  Heart, Mean, Littles

  Rachel Caine (2011). “Heat Stroke”, p.7, Allison & Busby

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• Slow down. Stop trying to do everything now, now, now. Hold up the people behind you for all you care, feel them kicking at your heels but maintain your pace. Don't let anybody dictate your speed.

  Cecelia Ahern

  People, Trying, Kicking

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• With so much reading ahead of you, the temptation might be to speed up. But in fact it’s essential to slow down and read every word. Because one important thing that can be learned by reading slowly is the seemingly obvious but oddly underappreciated fact that language is the medium we use in much the same way a composer uses notes, the way a painter uses paint. I realize it may seem obvious, but it’s surprising how easily we lose sight of the fact that words are the raw material out of which literature is crafted.

  Francine Prose

  Reading, Sight, Temptation

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• Think of it like running down a slope. If you attempt to slow down and choose your steps, you’re bound to trip up and stumble.

  Tessa Dare

  Running, Thinking, Down And

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