I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a penance. I find that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality. ― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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Time is the longest distance between two places. ― Tennessee Williams

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Less is more. You should wear earrings or bracelets, but not both.

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America's greatest crime against the black man was not slavery or lynching, but that he was taught to wear a mask of self-hate and self-doubt. ― Malcolm X

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How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some floats flamingo. Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank. It shines on a good many folk, but on none, I dare bet, who are on a stranger errand than you and I. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature! ― Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I

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I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, "aw shit, he's up! ― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

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'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence? - George Carlin

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A morning coffee is my favorite way of starting the day, settling the nerves so that they don't later fray. ― Marcia Carrington

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Mine was the twilight and the morning. Mine was a world of rooftops and love songs. ― Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy

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Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. ― Meister Eckhart

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