Slow Down Quotes - Page 8

• I miss that moment when you're about to go through the tube turn-style but you put your ticket in the wrong way and then as you're trying to figure out how exactly to get in the damn station you hear a collective sigh of 40 people behind you pissed that you're slowing down the herd.

  Dan Mangan

  People, Missing, Style

  Source: www.themetropolist.com

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• Mindfulness is about finding ways to slow down and pay attention to the present moment-which improves performance and reduces stress. It’s about having the time and space to attend to what’s right in front of us, even though many other forces are trying to keep us stuck in the past or inviting us to fantasize or worry about the future. It’s about a natural quality each of us possesses, and which we can further develop in just a few minutes a day.

  Tim Ryan

  Stress, Past, Space

  Tim Ryan (2012). “A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit”, p.17, Hay House, Inc

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• What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.

  Fred Rogers

  Mean, Helping Others, Winning

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• I caution writers all the time to slow down and pay more attention to the work in front of them than to the end result. I don't think you write one book and get anywhere. I think you write five books and then maybe you are finally on the right path.

  Sue Grafton

  Book, Writing, Thinking

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• Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down

  Bruce Lee

  Thinking, Skills

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• How do we slow down what matters the most and speed up what benefits change and progress? We don't want to impede progress, but we are seeking reconnection to ourselves, to each other, and with the world.

  John Maeda

  What Matters, Cities, Progress

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• We are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy it.

  Paul Hawken

  Life, Down And, Enjoy

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• If improv gets reckless, you can feel it. A lot of shows try to do that, I find. When improv is done sloppily. It betrays the story. It can slow down the energy of the story you're telling.

  Steve Dildarian

  Trying, Energy, Stories

  "HitFix Interview: ‘The Life and Times of Tim’ creator Steve Dildarian". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. February 17, 2010.

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• [Learn] to slow down and perceive the mysterious events and opportunities that happen in life. We call them coincidences, but if we look closely we see they are meaningful. They bring us just the right information at just the right time to extend our careers, relationships, and growth. These events feel destined in some way, as though the world is set up to help us make a better life, work through our problems, and reach our dreams - if we just pay attention.

  James Redfield

  Meaningful, Dream, Opportunity

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• By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient. You might think that such striking progress would be widely celebrated, but in fact, Melinda and I are struck by how many people think the world is getting worse. The belief that the world can’t solve extreme poverty and disease isn’t just mistaken. It is harmful. That’s why in this year’s letter we take apart some of the myths that slow down the work. The next time you hear these myths, we hope you will do the same.

  Bill Gates

  Thinking, Self, Years

  "3 Myths That Block Progress For The Poor". Bill and Melinda Gates' 2014 Annual Letter, www.gatesfoundation.org. January 20, 2014.

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• When I was young and ocean-racing competitively, and working the rest of the time, I was going 24 hours. I was on the verge of collapsing. But you've got to slow down a bit.

  Ted Turner

  Ocean, Racing, Hours

  "Ted's tears". Interview with Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2002.

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• I think e-mail is representative of our fast food mentality in the United States, where everything has gotten faster and faster, and we're required to respond to inputs more quickly with less time for thought and reflection. I believe that we need to slow down.

  Alan Lightman

  Believe, Reflection, Thinking

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• With a novel, no matter where I am in it, I'm fretting about it. Every time I write a book, it starts with great forward momentum. Then there seems to be a period where it slows down a bit, and other things intervene. Then I gain momentum.

  Douglas Kennedy

  Book, Writing, Matter

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• The world is full of men and women who work too much, sleep too little, hardly ever exercise, eat poorly, and are always struggling or failing to find adequate time with their families. We are in a perpetual hurry-constantly rushing from one activity to another, with little understanding of where all this activity is leading us. . . . The world has gone and got itself in an awful rush, to whose benefit I do not know. We are too busy for our own good. We need to slow down. Our lifestyles are destroying us. The worst part is, we are rushing east in search of a sunset.

  Matthew Kelly

  Struggle, Sunset, Sleep

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• I always write too long in the beginning, then it is a matter of going through it over and over again on subsequent drafts, looking for anything that slows down the narrative. It can be hard, cutting out parts I love, but I try to make the book as tight as possible so that the reader doesn't get bored.

  Chevy Stevens

  Book, Writing, Cutting

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• We must slow down to a human tempo and we’ll begin to have time to listen.

  Thomas Merton

  Tempo, Humans

  Thomas Merton (2002). “Seeds”

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• In such a fast-paced world, gathering people around a table to share a meal allows everything to slow down. I would ask people to sit at least once a week around a table and just enjoy each other's company. Give them the time to talk, laugh, and fill their bellies. It seems like a small thing, but it can bring so much joy to so many people.

  Zac Posen

  People, Giving, Laughing

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• All of us task-oriented obsessive compulsives must learn to slow down and let people into our lives.

  Hans Finzel

  Teamwork, People, Tasks

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• When I see a new face, something sets off an alarm bell inside me. 'slow down! Danger!' Even when the attraction is strongest, I am on my guard.

  Albert Camus

  Alarms, Bells, Faces

  Albert Camus (2006). “The fall”, Penguin Modern Classics

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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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• Tennis is a traditional game. A big sport like tennis does not need too many changes. The game has become too fast, there are hardly any long, interesting rallies these days. So maybe slowing down the courts could help. But you can't really stop a sport from evolving.

  Bjorn Borg

  Sports, Games, Long

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• When we use power to cause someone else not to succeed so that we can succeed, it slows our vibratory frequency. It slows us down. When we slow down we experience unhappiness.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Use, Succeed

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