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• During the downtime on tour, I simply walk from room to room, staring into my computer.

  Mark Hoppus

  Rooms, Computer, Staring

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• Anybody who wants to go into any business, I always say that you have to make a commitment to yourself to make it a part of your nature like the air you breathe. I don't mean that lightly. It's hard. You have to do the work, and a lot of it is going to be during your own personal downtime. And you have to be interested in it. You can never study enough, and you can never learn enough.

  Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

  Mean, Commitment, Air

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I spend a lot of my downtime studying different businesses and learning from a lot of entrepreneurs when I'm not playing football. They can help me evaluate different ventures to see if they'll work. I was aggressive with my initial investments, trying to hit a homerun each time. But now, I'm stepping back and being more patient, giving them due diligence.

  Kamerion Wimbley

  Football, Giving, Entrepreneur

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• I would say auditioning was my real training ground. The technical aspects - like hitting marks and pacing yourself and preparing and dealing with the downtime - the first recurring role I had on 24 was probably the way I learned that stuff.

  Zachary Quinto

  Real, Training, Stuff

  Interview With Patrick J. Adams, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 18, 2016.

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• I think the great trick of doing my sort of thing is to learn to use your downtime, and of course in the media and especially in television, there's a heck of a lot of time of waiting around. And I think the trick is to use that.

  Clive James

  Thinking, Media, Waiting Around

  "Clive James: life through the prism of illness". "PM" with Mark Colvin, www.abc.net.au. August 21, 2015.

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• My job has me traveling all the time, and I got this house, so my downtime is spent sort of making a home. Every year it's different, and I try to do things that are more fulfilling.

  Luke Grimes

  Jobs, Home, Years

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I love having candles, especially when you get downtime. I could just pass out seeing the flame flicker with the lights off.

  Kellan Lutz

  Light, Flames, Flicker

  "Behind-the-Scenes (& Inside the Trailers) of New Moon!" by Dan Koday, Slide 5, www.seventeen.com. December 23, 2009.

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• It’s obvious you kids are smart-school and good teachers will do that for you-but wisdom is something altogether different. Wisdom can be gathered in your downtime. Wisdom that can change the very course of your life will come from the people you are around, the books you read, and the things you listen to or watch on radio or television.

  Andy Andrews

  Teacher, Smart, Book

  Andy Andrews (2009). “The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs is a Little Perspective”, p.64, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Let's just say I am happy that she [Hillary Clinton] is getting some much needed downtime now. But she's looking forward to getting back out on the trail very soon.

  Robby Mook

  Looking Forward, Clinton, Trails

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• There's downtime in music, which obviously is necessary or else you'd lose your mind in other ways, but if we're on tour and there's electricity from the audience, if you're getting a good response, then that's the positive side of the mojo where I could feel cocky and just know I'm doing good and then there's a time all of a sudden when you're alone and you just don't know if people will like it.

  Kurt Vile

  Cocky, People, Mind

  "Exclusive: Kurt Vile on the Paranoia and Process Behind His New Record". Interview with Marah Eakin, music.avclub.com. July 21, 2015.

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• Just as important as getting enough sleep is thinking about sleep in the right way. Stop thinking of sleep and naps as “downtime” or as a “waste of time.” Think of them as opportunities for memory consolidation and enhancing the brain circuits that help skill learning. Nor should you feel guilty about sleep. It's just as crucial a part of successful brain work as the actual task itself.

  Richard Restak

  Memories, Sleep, Successful

  Richard Restak (2009). “Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance”, p.41, Penguin

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• I just like working. I'm not good with downtime. I need to be doing something. I'm a music person, so I'll always have that going ... whether or not I'm getting paid for it . It was different to go into talk shows and performances by myself.

  Megan Hilty

  Different, Needs, Shows

  Source: www.etonline.com

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• Because I'm around comedians all the time, in my downtime I tend not to watch comedy. Something the whole family enjoys is 'You've Been Framed!' It satisfies all of us. It's universal, and we all laugh a lot.

  Nina Conti

  Laughing, Comedian, Watches

  "The Simpsons, You've Been Framed, The Muppets: Nina Conti's favourite TV" by Gwilym Mumford, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2013.

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• I'm actually at home when I'm not on tour, and I have a lot of downtime.

  Austin Carlile

  Home

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• I try to find some sort of meditative hobby to do on set, and it's different for every film. There's a lot of downtime, but I don't like reading on set because it feels like you're taking yourself out of your world, instead of being present. And then, you feel like you're not ready to do whatever you have to do.

  Brie Larson

  Reading, Trying, World

  Source: collider.com

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• About 90 percent of the downtime comes from, at most, 10 percent of the defects.

  Barry Boehm

  Bugs, Programming, Testing

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• Australia's massive. I don't have a lot of downtime.

  Cameron Esposito

  Australia, Massive

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I enjoy touring and traveling because that's the time when I get to read, and listen to music. You have all that downtime, which is great for that.

  Julia Kent

  Touring, Enjoy, Listening To Music

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I'm a very creative person in general. I like to create stuff in my downtime off the court. If I were to tell you everything I do, you would be like, "Do you really play tennis?"

  Grigor Dimitrov

  Play, Tennis, Creative

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I thought I might spend the rest of my time on golf. But thinking about it now, I'm happy playing whenever I have some downtime in my busy schedule, and even if I had all the time I wanted to play, my score probably wouldn't be very good.

  Masayoshi Son

  Golf, Thinking, Play

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• Training for the Olympics was much easier than balancing my life now! When practice was over, there was time for me. But with four kids and a career, I have no downtime. When I'm not on the road, I finish my workday at 2:30 p.m. Then I pick the kids up from school and they get 100 percent Mommy, not part Mommy and part Mary Lou Retton.

  Mary Lou Retton

  School, Kids, Practice

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• There are no more slow weeks. I realized this about 3 years ago. Downtime in politics isn't a thing.

  Christopher Michael Cillizza

  Years, Week, I Realized

  "The Fix Live". live.washingtonpost.com. June 24, 2016.

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• Work, work, work. I like to keep myself busy. I start to get a little stir-crazy during downtime. That's when I turn to working out - running, hitting the gym, etc.

  Raul Castillo

  Running, Crazy, Work Out

  "Looking Actor Raúl Castillo: Telling Human Stories". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I did some writing. I was just taking the kids to school. I did a couple things and we did some tours. It was a lot of downtime.

  Stephen Malkmus

  Couple, Writing, School

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The trouble when you have a job like mine is it's your social life as well, so I need to actually [find] something to do in my downtime when my kids are at school.

  Sinead O'Connor

  Jobs, School, Kids

  "Interview: Sinéad O’Connor Isn’t Bossy; She’s the Boss". Interview with Sarah Toce, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 28, 2014.

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