Juggling Quotes

• Juggling is sometimes called the art of controlling patterns, controlling patterns in time and space.

  Ronald Graham

  Art, Space, Patterns

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• Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls...are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.

  James Patterson

  Life, Motivational, Friendship

  James Patterson (2001). “Suzanne's diary for Nicholas: a novel”

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• There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.

  Lawrence Welk

  Funny Life, Good Day, Bad Day

  "Emmy, Vol. 9", published by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, 1987.

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• Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.

  Deborah Tannen

  Communication, Independence, Cogs

  Deborah Tannen (2013). “You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation”, p.27, Harper Collins

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• Your mind's always juggling, isn't it?-mirrors, torches, plates.

  Ray Bradbury

  Mirrors, Mind, Torches

  Ray Bradbury (2012). “The Illustrated Man”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• The world cannot be governed without juggling.

  John Selden

  Leadership, World, Manipulation

  John Selden, Richard Milward (1821). “Seldeniana: with a biographical preface”, p.69

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• The fact of the matter is, when I'm on tour, I'm juggling so hard to keep all the balls in the air that I don't often get to really enjoy what I'm out there doing.

  Amy Grant

  Journey, Air, Facts

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• Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls - family, health, friends, integrity - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.

  Gary W. Keller

  Motivation, Integrity, Glasses

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• Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.

  Barbara Walters

  Inspirational, Women, Acceptance

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• I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

  Victoria Beckham

  Running, Travel, Morning

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• Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence

  Deborah Tannen

  Communication, Independence, Cogs

  Deborah Tannen (2013). “You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation”, p.27, Harper Collins

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• You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls - family, health, friends and spirit - are made of glass. If you drop these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it.

  Brian Dyson

  Glasses, Balls, Four

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• Being a mother, singer and actress is a definite juggling act, but I don't think I would be comfortable any other way.

  Christina Aguilera

  Mother, Thinking, Would Be

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• Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and recording sessions.

  Ariana Grande

  Meditation, Schedules, Shooting

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• Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.

  Patricia Heaton

  Running, Kids, Men

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• I'm happy when I'm juggling, but I feel like I've gone from, like, 3 balls to 10 bowling balls. But, that's a good problem. I don't really have a complaint about that.

  Kirstie Alley

  Balls, Gone, Bowling

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• So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can say, 'oh yeah - that's a great point.' And you never know; often you can help far more than you think you can, because there's so much more that he's juggling than an actor.

  Christian Bale

  Thinking, Vision, Directors

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• The thing that I think is the most important is taking moments to express your appreciation to your partner. A thank you or a quick kiss can go a long way toward affirming your relationship and commitment to each other. That's not hard to do even when you're juggling insane careers and three kids.

  Michael Ian Black

  Thank You, Appreciation, Kids

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.

  John Burroughs

  Keys, Two, Voice

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• Keep thy smooth words and juggling homilies for those who know thee not.

  Lord Byron

  Hypocrite, Hypocrisy, Smooth

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.1326, Delphi Classics

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• The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101.

  Vincent D'Onofrio

  Inspirational, Motivational, Keys

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Juggling work and parental responsibilities is no easy task, but I'm trying my best and just like everything else there are good days and there are bad days.

  Ali Landry

  Responsibility, Good Day, Bad Day

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• All that counts is the truth. Without it you're basically just juggling people's daft ideas.

  Jojo Moyes

  Ideas, People, Daft

  Jojo Moyes (2012). “The Girl You Left Behind”, p.328, Penguin UK

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• You just try to do everything that comes up. Get up an hour earlier, stay up an hour later, make the time. Then you look back and say, ‘Well, that was a neat piece of juggling there -- school, marriage, babies, career.’ The enthusiasms took me through the action, not the measuring of it or the reasonableness.

  Ruby Dee

  Marriage, Baby, Children

  "Breaking: Legendary Actress Ruby Dee Has Died at Age 91, Family Says" by Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. June 12, 2014.

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• I like being busy and juggling a lot of things at the same time. I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Bored, Needs, Busy

  "Ellen DeGeneres: Nice Girls Finish First". Interview with David Hochman, www.goodhousekeeping.com. September 10, 2011.

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