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Related I read usually in the morning, in my kitchen at breakfast - a short reading time, usually poetry. I ... SUE MONK KIDD If I'm going to be staying up until 3 A.M., it should be for world peace and not shampoo sales. MONA SUTPHEN I just feel my vote is my own business until I stand up in the House. I honestly didn't make up my m... CHUCK CADMAN I like to wake up late, around 11 A.M., especially if I have been out the night before. Then I go to... DOUGLAS BOOTH I go to bed at 2 A.M. and get up at 7 A.M. - I've never been a sleeper. But I definitely get sic... ALEXA VON TOBEL I read a book a week. I try to keep my mind working. EMMA ROBERTS I didn't want to do a book just to do a book. I wanted to do a book that, if you should read it,... BOBBY ORR I never sleep before 4 A.M. and usually play 'Sonic the Hedgehog' computer games before bed.... MARTIN MILLAR When I play on grass, my body doesn't ache. It can get sore, but it doesn't pulse, and my le... ALEX MORGAN Before bed, I read a book or flip on the radio - I'm not picky, I'll just turn it on and see... CARRIE UNDERWOOD I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher... DAKOTA BLUE RICHARDS Usually, if I can't fall asleep, you will find me catching up on a good book or zoning out with ... IVANKA TRUMP I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a ... JOHN LE CARRE I didn't finish my dress until about three days before my wedding - I had the flu and was stitch... GEORGINA CHAPMAN I live a rock-star kind of life where I don't go to bed until 4 A.M. I'm very nocturnal. KATY PERRY My favorite part of podcasting is running my mouth for an hour. The only time I don't like it is... BILL BURR If it wasn't for my trainer - who comes looking for me three times a week before 7 A.M. - I woul... SHERRI SHEPHERD I'm one of a few guys on the PGA Tour who doesn't work with an instructor. I'm not sayin... RICKIE FOWLER Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents... NATHAN FILLION On a normal day, I crawl out of bed before 8 A.M., have a protein shake, chuck my gym kit on, and go... ELLA EYRE I was angry and frustrated until I started my own family and my first child was born. Until then I d... JOHNNY DEPP Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spe... BAILEE MADISON I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I alw... STEPHEN CHBOSKY When I finish dressing before a night out and have put on all the accessories, I usually look at mys... JOAN COLLINS When I wake up, I'll go through emails on my iPhone - the junk email. At that point, my brain is... SAM TRAMMELL I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd hav... EDDIE CAMPBELL I really love showing up at work at 10 A.M., trying to make it funny until 3 P.M., and then going ho... CHRIS EIGEMAN I'm usually woken by a vibration on my up-band. It's the gradual vibration for about ten sec... AMY TAN I knew people were independently publishing, and I buy books on Amazon. I began seriously considerin... PATTI DAVIS I read. I order books from the States. I literally go into bookstores, close my eyes, and take thing... STANLEY KUBRICK It is now my favourite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another bo... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another boo... STEPHEN CHBOSKY My legacy doesn't matter. It isn't important that I be remembered. It's important that w... JAMES DOBSON If I'm in theatre, cinema doesn't even cross my mind. Similarly when I'm making a film, ... JOHN HURT Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in b... MICHAEL CHABON I look forward to every midnight feeding, every 3 a.m. feeding. As much as people complain about wak... LISA FERNANDEZ The voice doesn't take a lot of effort now, but in the beginning it was hard to try to find a vo... DAN CASTELLANETA My main characters are the most sunny, happy, optimistic, loving creatures on the face of the Earth.... BRUCE CAMERON People lose it when I say this, but I'm a novelist who doesn't read novels. There are lots o... KAREN TRAVISS When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I ... NORA EPHRON Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book. RICHARD RUSSO A truly good book…teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down and commence living o... HENRY DAVID THOREAU It had to be a book that held my attention and kept me wanting to read it; when my husband finished ... RACHEL TUCKER I usually hang around the room listening to a bit of last night's show. If there's one avail... PHIL COLLINS You have the choice to either pray then plan or pray and wait; but keep in mind miracles are usually... JOHNNIE DENT JR. Titles are very hard. Sometimes a title comes before I start to write the book, but often I finish t... EVE BUNTING I am a New Yorker, and 7:00 A.M. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it. SONIA SOTOMAYOR I'm a fast and impatient dresser, so I can't dress myself up for too long. I don't even ... GENELIA D'SOUZA Usually, with the work I've done, by the end, I usually feel like it's a failure. It doesn... JAMES MARSH In my own experience as a C.E.O., I would find myself laying awake at 3 A.M. asking questions about ... BEN HOROWITZ I usually start writing a novel that I then abandon. When I say abandon, I don't think any write... KATE ATKINSON I adore gardening and plan to take it up properly when I have a bit more time on my hands. Until the... SHILPA SHETTY I get up at 4:30 A.M. pretty much every morning during the week. I work out for an hour and a half. ... CHERI BUSTOS At the senior prom for my Catholic boarding school, I was feeling manly, so I shaved, even though I ... CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY I'm still a bit of a reading glutton, I think, because I browse, read a bit of the back copy, fl... JESMYN WARD I'm always amazed at friends who say they try to read at night in bed but always end up falling asle... JOHN WATERS Bulahdeen ignored her. "I taught literature for nearly forty years. The books I read when I was twen... SARAH ADDISON ALLEN I'm signed to a U.S. label, and I didn't enjoy the 3 A.M. phone calls. I'm not a great s... ESTELLE but I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment. DAVID SEDARIS Reading was like an addiction; I read while I ate, on the train, in bed until late at night, in scho... HARUKI MURAKAMI I woke up (Sunday) at 5 a.m. with a fever and nausea. Fortunately, it was only a 12- or 24-hour bug,... JASON JENNINGS Or read a book or listen to a CD that feeds your mind with positive thoughts before going to bed. LYNDALL MITCHELL When I was doing 'A Disappearing Number' in Plymouth, we had to go on an hour and a half lat... SIMON MCBURNEY 'Can't Get Closer' I originally recorded in about half an hour, just on my bed with a mi... SAMPHA I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book... WARREN G. HARDING It's never fun having to bulk up for a job on an action film, then lose weight for another role.... OLIVER JACKSON-COHEN I would be writing an essay that was due in the next day until about 1 A.M., and then I would be up ... FELICITY JONES A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that ... TAYLOR SWIFT Until I realized: this long expanse of free time to rekindle friendships is not real. We will never ... MINDY KALING I lived in South Africa until I was 11 when we first immigrated. My mom had sent me back there when ... KANDYSE MCCLURE Hugh Howey and Amanda Hocking come to mind immediately as authors who managed to build a successful ... JENNIFER ARMINTROUT When I read it, I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write. NORMAN MAILER I'm not afraid to eat breakfast at three in the morning. As a kid, I used to go to bed at 8 P.M.... TAYLOR HICKS I'm not lonely, and I think that has a lot to do with what's on my bedside table rather than... MICHELLE WILLIAMS I once tried to write a novel about revenge. It's the only book I didn't finish. I couldn... MAEVE BINCHY I show up in my writing room at approximately 10 A.M. every morning without fail. Sometimes my muse ... TOM ROBBINS I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you ... KYLE CHANDLER Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about i... TOM PETERS I confess that I am a messy, disorganized and impatient reader: if the book doesn't grab me in t... ISABEL ALLENDE I am a morning writer; I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty... CARLOS FUENTES Maybe to my own detriment, but I watched all of 'Fargo' probably more than once. And I tend ... ALLISON TOLMAN When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, pe... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, pe... WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM I'm so lucky in my life, but I'm so unlucky in my abilities. I love art so much, but I'm... AGNES GUND I'm always late to bed - usually after midnight - but then I sleep for around ten hours. BONNIE TYLER I've been through periods where I haven't worked and would have paid someone to give me a jo... RACHEL SKARSTEN My lack of enthusiasm was due to my illness the night before. I was in the hospital until 3 a.m. and... JULIE LELAND I don't have any particular rituals, I sometimes like to write in longhand when I'm searchin... ERIN MORGENSTERN I usually dream of melodies. When I wake up I have them in my head. I usually come up with things in... LEONA LEWIS When I'm playing my best and find myself in contention late on Sundays, it's usually when I&... SERGIO GARCIA I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned... NORA EPHRON When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, f... MADISON PETTIS I'm usually working either on a picture book and a young adult book, or a middle grade book and ... JACQUELINE WOODSON Learning lines is on my mind until I do know them. I'll read the paper or paint the house to kee... PAUL LYNDE You can't show up at the bedside and then turn on your skills. You have to keep your game sharp ... ABRAHAM VERGHESE The book of 'The Hobbit' was given to me to read by a friend of my mother when I was about 1... CONAN STEVENS A book you finish reading is not the same book it was before you read it. DAVID MITCHELL I can get a call at 2 A.M., and the person on the other end is like: 'Sorry, did I wake you?'... ESTELLE The audience may not have felt it was right, and the author may have felt a little upset, but every ... KATHARINE CORNELL
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AMANDA DRIEVER Angel was the epitome of style and grace. She had a wonderful sense of humor, a giving spirit andÃ�... AMANDA DAVIS I have no idea what to think right now. I don't want to believe that she is gone. It seems so unreal... AMANDA DAVIS In our last conversation, Angel told me that she was exhausted but was going to celebrate her co-wor... AMANDA DAVIS This week, we were supposed to be ordering her graduation announcements and sending her resume to co... AMANDA DAVIS There's so much work to be done down here, I don't think there'll ever be too many people. AMANDA DAVIS I had more confidence in myself. The first game, I had jitters. AMANDA DAVIS There are people in our community writing poetry. This brings it down home. Your friend next door co... AMANDA CUNNINGHAM Poet in Greek means maker. It's the idea of making something that has never been made before. AMANDA CUNNINGHAM I write a lot about the Bible and integrate my faith into my poems. AMANDA CUNNINGHAM If I am serving a lot of courses or side dishes, I usually serve 1/2 hen per person. They are easy t... AMANDA CUNNINGHAM We are encouraging people who write poetry or don't write poetry to get their work out there. We wan... AMANDA CUNNINGHAM Rooms are changing. Work is getting harder and there is more pain than there used to be in doing the... AMANDA COOPER I was unaware they had set the preliminary hearing, but the district attorney's office has been in c... AMANDA COOPER We'll be traveling on behalf of other Democratic governors as needed and as invited. AMANDA COOPER They can use these skills for anything, whether they farm or not. AMANDA COOPER It was never on his schedule, and I don't know how that (information) got out there. His (Richardson... AMANDA COOPER Obviously it does raise more attention and get more coverage because it's New Hampshire. 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AMANDA BUSSELL This year's team has more unity and cohesiveness than teams in the past, and they work just as well ... AMANDA BUSSELL I think you know what you're up against when you take on a piece that you know is going to involve d... AMANDA BURTON It would show hugely if I didn't want to be somewhere. Doing what you want to do can only generate g... AMANDA BURTON I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock tha... AMANDA BURTON I think this is a very difficult job, especially for women - there are too few roles around. I never... AMANDA BURTON Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child. AMANDA BURTON I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of ... AMANDA BURTON We're doing everything we can to meet that goal. AMANDA BROWN A lot of us feel like it's not really an end because none of us are leaving. It's kind of a new begi... AMANDA BROWN It's been our motto all year to make it to the NCAA Tournament. That's what we're working on every d... AMANDA BROWN We worked a lot on that type of thing in practice. We worked on slips and worked on the out of bound... AMANDA BROWN In a small community like the Sault it's sometimes hard to find each other. AMANDA ZUKE There's a lot of fear. Sometimes that old collection of myths and stories about what a Pagan is just... AMANDA ZUKE It's an opportunity for local and area Pagans to get together with each other. It's an opportunity t... AMANDA ZUKE Paganism as it's evolving today is really a living tradition. AMANDA ZUKE (Pella) was double-teaming me - they knew who I was - and I was just trying to fight through it and ... AMANDA ZIMMERMAN We've been practicing for a week so it's kind of getting old and we just want to play again. We just... AMANDA ZIMMERMAN Coach said we needed to work on our inside game and stop shooting outside when our shots weren't fal... AMANDA ZIMMERMAN Actually, this was one of my better defensive games of the season. AMANDA ZIMMERMAN Now we have a big target on our backs, so every body will be after us. Nothing's really different fo... AMANDA ZIMMERMAN A few games it was difficult because he expects a lot out of me, but it was really great that he got... AMANDA WOLKE I feel like I was in better shape this year than I was last year. I was getting more confident at th... AMANDA WOLKE A lot of it (getting the steals) was someone else would put pressure on the ball which would make it... AMANDA WOLKE A lot of times if it was close to bonus Terry would just tell me to hold on to the ball or if it was... AMANDA WOLKE I thought it would last for three games and then I would stop doing that. My team helped me out a lo... AMANDA WOLKE Never in my dreams did I expect a season like this. I am still a little shocked. AMANDA WOLKE I'm so excited, ... It's so rewarding after so many nationals and after coming back from Worlds and ... AMANDA WEIR I came into this meet knowing I had a shot at winning the 100 and 50. That was my goal, so that's wh... AMANDA WEIR Faster than you can blink, I guess. AMANDA WEIR I had one of my best starts, AMANDA WEIR I talked to the Pandas coach at the University of Alberta a couple times. I was actually supposed to... AMANDA WEBER I don't know what I'm going to do next year. I'm thinking I might play or take a year off to ease th... AMANDA WEBER I always had other coaches and other players coming in when I was younger. So I just feel it's somet... AMANDA WEBER We're just trying to find our team style and our team dynamic and chemistry on the court. It's comin... AMANDA WEBER I usually give it to them before they ask. Both Loretta and I are fourth-year players and we always ... AMANDA WEBER The dynamic, team-wise off the field, was just awesome and that transferred to the team we had on th... AMANDA WEBER We scored goals and had limited success, but we didn't really have the team (last year) to show the ... AMANDA WEBER I've had a pretty good year. AMANDA WEBER When you get a new paycheck you can throw old ones out. You really only need to have the most recent... AMANDA WALKER We knew, win or lose, that we would play another game. AMANDA WALKER We're the only ones here, and some of us have adjoining rooms. When we found out it was Illinois, we... AMANDA WALKER With no students, the town is pretty quiet. AMANDA WALKER I knew I would be nervous because this is a big game. (Junior) Rachel Reed is the usual starter and ... AMANDA WALKER That's Checkers' gallbladder right there. It's estimated that on average, cat owners spent more than... AMANDA WALKER