Tired Quotes - Page 13

• Acting might bring on emotional exhaustion, but writing tired your brains out. Writing led to depression and insomnia and walking around all day with a haggard look.

  Richard Yates

  Writing, Insomnia, Emotional

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• Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem.

  Emil Zatopek

  Rain, Matter, Willpower

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• I am tired in the Lord's work, but not tired of it.

  George Whitefield

  Lord

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• And above all, I will argue the necessity for preserving, against all shame, a demanding question of revolution itself, a question about utopia that keeps pushing its way through a field of failed aspirations, like a student at the back of the room who gets suddenly, violently, tired of being invisible.

  Lauren Berlant

  Way, Rooms, Fields

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• I'm tired of playing little girls. I'm a woman now. I can't run around forever being the Little Miss Fix It who bursts into song. I want to get out of Hollywood and get a fresh approach.

  Deanna Durbin

  Girl, Running, Song

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• Performing is the craziest workout for me, because I feel like, on the first day of tour, I'm going nuts. Halfway through, I'm just so tired but obviously you keep pushing yourself because you have fans watching you.

  Hayley Williams

  Workout, Nuts, Pushing

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• The fact that so many of my friends were stumbling headfirst into their happily-ever-after gave my tired heart hope that I couldn't be far behind.

  Jay Crownover

  Heart, Facts, Ever After

  Jay Crownover (2014). “Rome (The Marked Men, Book 3)”, p.15, HarperCollins UK

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• The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence of the Montgomery movement; one elderly woman summed it up for the rest. When asked after several weeks of walking whether she was tired, she answered: "My feet is tired, but my soul is at rest.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Essence, Feet, Elderly

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

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• The world is tired, the year is old, The faded leaves are glad to die.

  Sara Teasdale

  Autumn, Years, World

  Sara Teasdale (1937). “Collected poems”

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• I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long, like a worn-out recording of a favorite song.

  Rupert Holmes

  Relationship, Song, Long

  Song: Escape, Album: Partners in Crime

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• This drink has a magical power. It strengthens the weak, and revives those who have fainted. Those tired after work and physical activity can return their life forces by this drink much sooner than by nourishment. ... It works as a diuretic, an appetizer, an antitoxin.

  Carl Linnaeus

  Return, Drink, Vodka

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• The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames for the war.

  Robert Fisk

  War, Party, Army

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• I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.

  Barbara Mertz

  Beautiful, Nice, Hero

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• Many a person who started out to conquer the world in shining army has ended up just getting along. The horse got tired, the army rusty. The goal was removed and unsure.

  Robert A. Cook

  Horse, Army, Conquer The World

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• Whether I get adequate attention or not, people here do know the work I have been doing systematically and without compromise for over 40 years. I get tired of people making excuses for guys who don't continue the art because they can't make a living.

  Bill Dixon

  Art, Years, People

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• Feeling tired should almost never be an excuse, because your body has huge reserves of energy. But if you eat badly, stay out late, drink too much, and so on, you'll pay a price on the course.

  Hale Irwin

  Feelings, Energy, Body

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• Kids are so dynamic; if you're tired and you walk into a roomful of kids, your energy is brought up to their level.

  Jenna Bush

  Kids, Energy, Levels

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• I hope people don't get tired of looking at me.

  Ana Beatriz Barros

  People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have more energy at the end than I do at the beginning. You can be so beat up that you can scarcely walk on stage but when you get to the piano the excitement kicks in, you forget about being tired.

  Dave Brubeck

  Piano, Energy, Excitement

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• I went along doing the one-salad-a-night routine for a year. And I remember feeling so tired and depressed and irritable. I had no personal life. I was always flying someplace - weekends, holidays, vacations. Dinners at night were no fun because I couldn't eat.

  Carol Alt

  Fun, Holiday, Weekend

  "The Body Game". Interview with Elizabeth Sporkin, people.com. January 11, 1993.

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• I got tired of playing other people's songs.

  Gregg Allman

  Song, People, Individuality

  Interview with Paul Harris, www.harrisonline.com. December 13, 1997.

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• If you're working out and taking care of your body, you don't really want the greasy food that makes you feel tired or blah. You actually crave the good stuff!

  Jenna Ushkowitz

  Work Out, Body, Care

  "Jenna's Top 3 Tips For Healthy Eating" by Jenna Ushkowitz, www.seventeen.com. February 13, 2012.

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• I'm tired of justifying what I've said.

  Jose Canseco

  I'm Tired, Said

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• I actually started in comedy, but then after 'Deadwood' I started concentrating on the dramas more. But then I just got tired for raping and killing and figured, 'It's time to do another comedy.

  Garret Dillahunt

  Drama, Comedy, Killing

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• No matter how tired I am, I can only sleep for four hours at a time.

  Micky Dolenz

  Sleep, Four, Matter

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