Routine Quotes - Page 25

• When people treat corruption as a routine part of the process, you have something far worse than wrongdoing or moral failing. You have a political cancer that breeds cynicism about democratic government and infects all of society.

  Edward Brooke

  Cancer, Government, People

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• Consistency is a human word, but it certainly expresses nothing human.

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

  Change, Consistency, Humans

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1834). “Francesca Carrara”, p.85

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• For all our penny-wisdom, for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime thoughts; that all men value the few real hours of life; they love to be heard; they love to be caught up into the vision of principles. We mark with light in the memory the few interviews we have had, in the dreary years of routine and of sin, with souls that made our souls wiser; that spoke what we thought; that told us what we knew; that gave us leave to be what we only were.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Memories, Real, Character

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.89, Library of America

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• Without theory, practice is but routine born of habit. Theory alone can bring forth and develop the spirit of inventions.

  Louis Pasteur

  Practice, Spirit, Habit

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• I don't know if there's a proper way to define toughness in a runner, but I do know that there comes a sudden moment when the mindset shifts. The impossible becomes doable, or at least attemptable. The long run goes from two miles to four to ten to fifteen, until it becomes routine at some point deep in an intense training cycle to knock off a couple hours without giving it a thought.

  Martin Dugard

  Running, Couple, Two

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• With type as with philosophy, music and food, it is better to have a little of the best than to be swamped with the derivative, the careless, the routine.

  Robert Bringhurst

  Philosophy, Littles, Derivatives

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• As in my other works of fiction: All persons living and dead are purely coincidental, and should not be construed. No names have been changed to protect the innocent. Angels protect the innocent as a matter of Heavenly routine.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Angel, Names, Matter

  Kurt Vonnegut (1999). “Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• You see, the Foreign Service of the United States has grown so unbelievably in the last twenty years, and the requirements for admission are so high, and yet an awful lot of the work, I'd say fully 50-percent of the work in the Foreign Service abroad, is really routine work. All this is something that no one has licked.... You get a certain amount of discontent. It's bad for morale.

  Charles E. Bohlen

  Years, Routine Work, Twenties

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• The USA Freedom Act does not propose that we abandon any and all efforts to analyze telephone data, what we're talking about here is a program that currently contemplates the collection of all data just as a routine matter and the aggregation of all that data in one database. That causes concerns for a lot of people... There's a lot of potential for abuse.

  Mike Lee

  Freedom, Talking, Data

  "Everything you need to know about the Patriot Act debate". edition.cnn.com. May 23, 2015.

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• We discover too late that we have turned a blind eye to the extinction of a species that is essential to the balance of life in a particular context. Or we discover too late that the importation of a foreign life-form, animal or vegetable, has upset local ecosystems, damaging soil or neighbouring life-forms. We discover that we have come near the end of supplies-of fossil-fuels for example -on which we have built immense structures of routine expectation.

  Rowan Williams

  Eye, Animal, Ecosystems

  Rowan Williams (2012). “Faith in the Public Square”, p.188, A&C Black

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• As currently written, the laws require certain manufacturers and users of such chemicals to report any and all environmental releases-either accidental or routine-to air, water, or soil. The Toxics Release Inventory is the main registry of such events, and it is available to the public through the Environmental Protection Agency. It is hardly comprehensive. Toxic emissions reported to the federal government are thought to account for only 5 percent of all chemical releases.

  Sandra Steingraber

  Agency, Government, Air

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• When ever the light of civilization faces upon you with a blighting power...go to the wilderness...Dull business routine, the fierce passions of the marketplace, the perils of envious cities became but a memory...The wilderness will take hold of you. It will give you good red blood; it will turn you from a weakling into a man...You will soon behold all with a peaceful soul.

  Estwick Evans

  Memories, Passion, Men

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• I love not having a daily routine, just having the things I need with me and going anywhere in the world.

  Nicole Trunfio

  Needs, World, Daily Routines

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• When Pixies broke up in 1993, I gave up the drums for the longest time. I hadn't been doing a lot, but I ended up attending a magic convention that initially got me interested. I took classes, bought videos, and practiced relentlessly. I began performing at parties and soon realized that developing an on-stage routine is often tougher than being a musician. I focused my act on magic that incorporated as much science as it did entertainment, which was really satisfying for me.

  David Lovering

  Party, Class, Magic

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• I like to make big decisions when I am at home living a routine life, getting up, walking my dog, having breakfast, when I have no pressure. I do not like doing it when I making a film. It is too stressful.

  Paul Walker

  Dog, Home, Routine Life

  Source: www.fanpop.com

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• I'm a believer in routine. I like to see people work out at the same time each day.

  Jack LaLanne

  Work Out, People, Each Day

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

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• There is an advantage in having a routine and working with the same people when you can and in writing as a regular thing and filming as a regular thing. That routine pays off for you. You get a lot of productivity that way, rather than sitting around waiting for inspiration and waiting for the perfect thing to happen. I would be much less productive that way.

  Woody Allen

  Inspiration, Writing, People

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• I used humor to avoid being picked on as a kid. Or I would try and make my parents laugh, so I wouldn't get in trouble. But as a kid, I would watch Flip Wilson and I would memorize his whole routine, listen to Bill Cosby's records constantly, Steve Martin, Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball. I just drank that stuff up and loved it.

  Wendi McLendon-Covey

  Kids, Laughing, Parent

  "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.

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• With my busy schedule, it's impossible to have a set fitness routine. So instead I like to try and incorporate exercise into my daily life whenever I can - which requires some creativity.

  Heidi Klum

  Creativity, Exercise, Trying

  "Heidi Klum Shares Her Spring Workout and Diet Secrets (and Guess What: Cheeseburgers Are Allowed)". Interview with Fawnia Soo Hoo, www.glamour.com. March 25, 2014.

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• My actual beauty routine is pretty simple, I try and have a facial once in a while. I'm not a huge products girl. I have so much going on with work and kids, I just use moisturiser basically.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Girl, Kids, Simple

  Source: www.stylist.co.uk

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• I think part of a beauty routine is how you feel and checking in with your inner self, and so I made that commitment to myself to do that.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Commitment, Thinking, Self

  Source: www.stylist.co.uk

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• I mean, people who watch Jon Stewart's show every night don't think he went far enough, because he couldn't do what he does on his show every night, because it's a different job. The same thing with Chris Rock. He can't come out and do a tossed-salad routine, the way he does on his HBO shows, because this is the Academy Awards.

  Bruce Vilanch

  Jobs, Mean, Night

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I like making series, for a couple reasons. One, the repetition of routine is very healthy because I can get a little crazy; I want to be making things all the time. And if I publish something every week, I don't have to put every idea I have into one piece. It's more like, here's one idea: execute it, see it through, think about it, do it the best you can. And then there are going to be ten more ideas that come while you're making that, because creativity works that way.

  Paul Madonna

  Couple, Crazy, Creativity

  Interview with Julie Greicius, therumpus.net. December 7, 2009.

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• There isn't one thing in particular; rather, a lot of different things give me inspiration. I tend to come up with tunes when I do things that are not part of my daily routine, like traveling. But even during my everyday life, I come up with tunes when I'm emotionally moved. By looking at a beautiful picture, scenery, tasting something delicious, scents that bring back memories, happy and sad things... Anything that moves my emotion gives me inspiration.

  Yoko Shimomura

  Beautiful, Memories, Moving

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• I don't have a fixed routine. I write every day but I don't "write" every day, if that makes any sense. In other words, I email with my friends constantly and sometimes I'll pull out something I've written and save it.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Writing, Email, Sometimes

  Interview, www.goodreads.com. April, 2008.

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