Margaret Heffernan Quotes

On overnight flights, I have trained myself to get to sleep almost instantly after takeoff. I always listen to the same audiobook on my iPod so my brain knows, regardless of time zone, that that voice means it's time for bed.

Margaret Heffernan

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TimeMyselfSleepBrainVoiceBed

There are many sides of the urban life that I dislike, but there are many sides I am deeply in love with and attached to.

Jenova Chen

LifeLoveI AmSidesDislikeUrban

When a friend is sick, I see the situation for what it is, not what it isn't, and I offer to help as much as she wants, not as much as I want.

Andrew J. Bernstein

FriendSickHelpSituationWantShe

What we do at NASA is inspiring. It's reaching, it's visionary, and it inspires people on Earth to try hard things.

John M. Grunsfeld

PeopleEarthNASATryVisionary

I've never written anything that hasn't been in my mind for a long time - seven or eight years.

John McGahern

TimeMindLongLong TimeNeverBeen

When we say, even in a global village, that all politics is local, we mean that national sovereignties are the only reliable source of political authority.

Michael Ignatieff

PoliticsPoliticalVillageAuthority

I just want to be challenged. I want to be proud of what I do, and I want to learn new things and keep growing.

Tricia Helfer

New ThingsProudLearnNewGrowing

If you don't have humour, then you may as well nail the coffin lid down now.

Roger Moore

YouDownNowHumourMayWell

In August 1994, I was invited to have dinner with House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich. At that time, I was a senior engineer working for Martin Marietta Astronautics in Denver, where I had been responsible for inventing a new plan called 'Mars Direct.'

Robert Zubrin

TimeDinnerPlanHouseNewMars

Well, Rhoda was, I think, the last actress that we saw. There had been so many wonderful actresses who were close, really close. But there was no magical epiphany.

Mary Tyler Moore

ThinkWonderfulMagicalSawEpiphany

Resolutions are a wonderful thing if we can keep them, but many resolutions go by the wayside because we have not done anything different with our mindset.

Monica Johnson

MindsetResolutionsGoDoneAnything

Everything God tells us to do is for our good. Whether it's direction you get in His Word or something He's specifically put in your heart for your situation in life, the absolute best thing you can ever do is obey Him promptly and completely.

Joyce Meyer

LifeGoodGodHeartBestDirection

I'd change nothing in my career path. I was never built for being a handsome teenage star. That's just not in my psyche, I think. I would have hated to have grown up famous.

Jason Clarke

ChangePathThinkHandsomeCareer

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