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  Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Inspirational, Funny, Letting Go

  FaceBook post by Natalie Goldberg from Jul 25, 2011

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• Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's untidy.
  You've had about seven hours of sleep since Friday.
  No wonder you feel that lost sensation.
  You're sunk from a riot of relaxation.

  Ogden Nash

  Friday, Sleep, Weekend

  "We'll All Feel Better By Wednesday". "Versus". Book by Ogden Nash, 1949.

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• Marriage made more sense when it was indissoluble. It's the woman trying to cope with the strains of a one-parent family who will suffer most from the relaxation of the divorce laws.

  Germaine Greer

  Divorce, Law, Parent

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• Flowers . . . have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the mind. They dissolve its rigor.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Flower, Feelings, Mind

  Henry Ward Beecher (1862). “Eyes and ears”, p.270

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• Just breathing can be such a luxury sometimes.

  Walter Kirn

  Breathing, Luxury, Sometimes

  Walter Kirn (2002). “Up in the Air: A Novel”, p.10, Anchor

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• Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

  William Cowper

  Wisdom, Mind, Occupation

  William Cowper, James Montgomery (1825). “Poems of William Cowper ... With an introductory essay by James Montgomery ... Second edition”, p.240

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• I could be well content To entertain the lag-end of my life With quiet hours.

  William Shakespeare

  Lag, Quiet, Hours

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 5, sc. 1, l. 23

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• Work is man's most natural form of relaxation.

  Dagobert D. Runes

  Inspirational, Men, Natural

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• The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

  Dogen

  Moon, Sky, Zen Buddhism

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• I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums.

  Christina Aguilera

  Art, Reading, Writing

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• What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

  Henri Matisse

  Dream, Depressing, Art

  Notes d'un peintre (Notes of a Painter, 1908) in Dominique Fourcade crits et propos sur l'art (1972) p. 30

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• In the most ordinary terms, egolessness is a flexible identity. It manifests as inquisitiveness , as adaptability, as humor, as playfulness. It is our capacity to relax with not knowing, not figuring everything out, with not being at all sure who we are, or who anyone else is, either.

  Pema Chodron

  Wisdom, Buddhist, Humor

  Pema Chodron (2002). “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times”, p.26, Shambhala Publications

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• What impressed me particularly in Vienna was the strict order everywhere. No mob disturbances of any kind, in spite of the greatly increased liberty and relaxation of police regulations.

  Fritz Kreisler

  Order, Police, Liberty

  Fritz Kreisler (2014). “Four Weeks In The Trenches; The War Story Of A Violinist [Illustrated Edition]”, p.12, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.

  Garth Brooks

  Sports, Team, Believe

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• For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains.

  Katharine Anthony

  Mother, Long, Leisure

  KATHARINE ANTHONY “MOTHERS WHO MUST LEARN”

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• I must confess that, at that time, I had absolutely no knowledge of the slowness of the relaxation processes in the ground state, processes which take place in collisions with the wall or with the molecules of a foreign gas.

  Alfred Kastler

  Wall, Molecules, States

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• Laughter relaxes. And relaxation is spiritual.

  Rajneesh

  Spiritual, Laughter, Relax

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• I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.

  Tony Abbott

  Law, Cloning, Want

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

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• I'm going to just sit down for a couple of weeks and do nothing but read who-dunnits and Art books. I feel my work is getting a bit dull and mechanical and this proposed resting should work up some enthusiasm in me.

  E. J. Hughes

  Art, Couple, Book

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• What did Napolean do for relaxation? He read a book. What did Lincoln do for relaxation? He read a book. What does Congress do for relaxation? They book a red.

  Jimmy Durante

  Book, Doe, Red

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• I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

  Glen Hansard

  Important, Facts, Knows

  "Singer-songwriter Glen Hansard". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. June 18, 2012.

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• For relaxation, I like to figure skate. Being on the ice and spinning and jumping, I feel very close to nature. In particular, I feel very close to Newton's laws of motion. On the ice, you can experience Newton's laws of motion in their purest, most elegant form.

  Michio Kaku

  Jumping, Ice, Law

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  Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave.

  Paul Walker

  Ocean, Wave Of Life, Peaceful

  FaceBook post by Paul Walker from Jun 20, 2014

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• Prostration is our natural position. A worm-like movement from a spot of sunlight to a spot of shade, and back, is the type of movement that is natural to men.

  Wyndham Lewis

  Men, Laziness, Shade

  Wyndham Lewis (1989). “The Essential Wyndham Lewis: An Introduction to His Work”, Andre Deutsch Limited

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• If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.

  Amit Ray

  Stress, Inspiration, Meditation Practice

  Amit Ray (2015). “Mindfulness: Living in the Moment Living in the Breath”, p.7, INNER LIGHT PUBLISHERS

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