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Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.
There is indeed, perhaps, no better way to hold communion with the sea than sitting in the sun on the veranda of a fishermen's café
I'm an old soul. When I was a kid all the kids would be playing and I would be sitting on the steps with the teachers just watching.
Life is short, and time just flies by, so I love those moments when we're all sitting around the table together laughing and joking.
Every single morning, I have a person sitting right there next to me in prayer with a tape recorder - and a song comes up every day.
You’re disgusting when you eat,” Chuck said, sitting on the bench next to him. “It’s like watching a starving pig eat his own klunk.
I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books.
My kids teased me at dinner that I'm not cool. I told them if I was cool I wouldn't be sitting at home with my kids. Pass the gravy.
Somehow, Rush can still sell out arenas. If I was sitting in row one, I would take my chair, unbolt it from the ground and run away.
I can eat two large pizzas and a tray of brownies in one sitting. I'm not sharing that. We can get another one, but I ain't sharing.
The price for sitting and watching game shows and betting on lottery is that the vast majority of the viewers will never become rich
There's nothing worse than sitting down to write a novel and saying, 'Well, okay, I'm going to do something of high artistic worth.'
I see myself today as Sitting Bull trying to bring a voice of Easternism, holism, community-based thinking to a very Western culture.
I spent time on set in New York and Berlin sitting next to Steven Spielberg while he worked, which was the biggest thrill of my life.
There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.
One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.
SHOEBURYNESS (abs.n.) The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom.
I remember one day sitting in the mirror with a saxophone, just looking at myself, being like, 'I can't do this; this is ridiculous.'
The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for hour after hour.
I curl up inside and freeze when I have to act. I much prefer sitting on the sidelines and trying to get the best out of other people.
In that moment, there was no place for doubt. I was sitting with the supreme being. I had always sat beside her. She was inside of me.
My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall.
Here's what I love: I love sitting at my desk, staring at the blank screen, and beginning that conversation with my imaginary friends.
I like to get off my phone because when I sit with my phone, I don't feel creative cos I'm just sitting reading other people's things.
Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.
I could care less about sitting around and practicing the guitar for hours a day and trying to be the best guitar player on the planet.
The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.
Being alone & actually sitting with our own thoughts can lead to such growth and realizations that are rare in our everyday busy lives.
The world that you see is like a motion picture. We are engrossed in a film and we have forgotten that we're sitting in a movie theatre.
Martin Luther dreamed up Protestantism while sitting on the toilet at Wittenburg monastery, and we know what a big movement that became.
I think when the military ousts a sitting president, even if the sitting president is deeply unpopular, that's the definition of a coup.
I am not good at aligning myself with any movement that comes along but also I don't like the thought of sitting back and doing nothing.
I have to have a guitar sitting around. I sing in the shower. I sing around the house. The music comes secondary. The lyrics come first.
You don't see artists sitting around a lot, talking about ideology. They find out what they believe, and what they're doing, by doing it.
Everything that I do is for sound goals. It comes from my gut. When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut.
I'm not sure what it is that I want, but I feel it deep in the pit of my stomach. It's there sitting dormant. I'll know it when I see it.
Reading a newspaper is as important to me as reading a script. Sitting in a cafe and drinking coffee is as important as going for a shoot.
The nice thing about New York is that you're finally able to wear those winter clothes that have been sitting in your closet in mothballs.
I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some of the back pay!
I didn't know anything about fashion. I couldn't believe it when I got here. I don't know how I'm sitting here right now speaking English.
The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.
If architecture is the history of all phallic emotion, the Empire State Building is utter catharsis, and we are sitting in its silhouette.
By the way, sitting with other mommies is probably the most frightening experience in the entire world. They're serious into mommy-shaming.
I think the posture of confidence can serve you well. I'm not sure what's to be gained by sitting at your computer and beating yourself up.
I'm the only one sitting alone, under the glowing neon sign which reads, "Complete and Total Loser, Not Quite Sane. Stay Away. Do Not Feed.
Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts.
Imagine walking into a grocery there is a jar sitting there with a lid on it saying it's not carbon. That is ridiculous. It's an empty jar.
Next time you meet a 'foreigner', remember it's only like a window with a different shape to it and the person who's sitting inside is you.
I turn my feet in when I'm sitting down. I tend to put my arms across me when I'm sat thinking; I bend forwards. Loads of protective curves.
If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.