561 Quotes About Busy

  • Author Lee Smith
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    People are so busy positioning themselves before the screen and talking on the damn cellphones, communicating, that we're not reading, and in fact we're not really communicating, either. We're not talking to each other. There's just all these screens and wires and technology in between.

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  • Author Madeleine Stowe
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    I actually pretended to be a journalist, ... John's publicist was very nice, but he did say, 'John is too busy and, by the way, what publication are you from, Miss?' -- I've never told John any of this.

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  • Author Maria Sharapova
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    I think it's the toughest grand slam to win because of the traffic getting here and the busy city.

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  • Author Mark Strand
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    A poem is a place where the conditions of beyondness and withinness are made palpable, where to imagine is to feel what it is to be. It allows us to have the life we are denied because we are too busy living. Even more paradoxically, poetry permits us to live in ourselves as if we were just out of reach of ourselves.

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  • Author Meg Scheu
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    It is a busy line for us. It is an inconvenience but we have to make the safe decision.

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  • Author Melody Strong
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    I grew up in a terror-filled household. My mother was the primary victim, but it trickles down. She was so busy trying to keep my dad happy that she wasn't able to love her kids, so we had no nurturing.

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  • Author Patrick Smith
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    In recent years, we've seen a lot of growth that's helped a lot ... but you still have to know which places will be busy and go to some of the less-popular ones.

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  • Author Pete Sampras
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    The timing is right. I've been busy with my family and enjoying retirement but this feels like the right time to get back on the court and play World Team Tennis.

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  • Author Reed Sorenson
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    The transition to the NEXTEL Cup Series isn't going to be an easy one, but I'm looking forward to the challenge. It's going to be a busy year, but our goals are to contend for rookie of the year honors and also get the Target Dodge into Victory Lane.

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