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Workplace accidents with people who are sleep deprived or people who work shifts and they don't get the right amount of sleep during the day or at night.

I make an embarrassing amount of money for a borderline Marxist, just by selling 100,000 records. I don't sell millions of records, and I don't need to.

I mainly read non-fiction, and that's probably because I have a huge amount of insecurity about my lack of education and the things I don't know.

Terrorist bombings, like rampage shootings, are events that maximize the amount of publicity per amount of damage. That's why people do them, because they know they will set off a media frenzy.

It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.

It is quite different, but I love doing a series because you get to live with a character for a much longer amount of time. And the other aspect of it is that you have a steady job.

Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.

Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting.

Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under! - C. JoyBell C.

An increasing amount of climate research suggests a possibility of global cooling.

A writer strives to express a universal truth in the way that rings the most bells in the shortest amount of time.

Think not of the amount to be accomplished, the difficulties to be overcome, or the end to be attained, but set earnestly at the little task at your elbow, letting that be sufficient for the day.

Such antics do not amount to a man.

Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.

He has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts.

There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.

All jobs are created in direct proportion to the amount of capital employed.

When a child wants to be accepted, he'll do anything. And if it means you're getting a certain amount of notoriety from a fight, that's what you'll do.

You always have good shows and bad shows. People want a certain amount of each. It's just widening the market a little bit. The involvement of people at home is just broadening things.

I do strive to think well of my fellow man, but no amount of striving can give me confidence in the wisdom of a congressional vote.

I do feel that there are tremendous amount of talent in Egypt, human resources.

Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.

I love to play. I love, opera, hiking and museums. The one thing I don't do is sit. I have a tremendous amount of energy.

The denser places get, the lower the amount of energy people use to get around it.

Same thing, like my commercials are often times really funny because I tend to find 30 seconds is a really good amount of time to tell a joke.

There are different kinds of motivation, and the kind matters more than the amount.

I'm always wondering what is the job that gives the writer the most amount of time to write. I still don't know what the answer is as someone who has taught and is now working at a grocery store.

I learned the cello , but I would still need a massive amount of practice. But I do play classical music, so I understand where that comes from.

All of those art-based fields are similar in that they're all hard to make a living in and they all require an intense amount of training and discipline.

[on his use of tracking shots throughout his 50-year career] There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.

I feel an extraordinary amount of sympathy for anybody working at a major label right now because their lives are over.

A massive amount of quantity with a deliberate focus on improvement leads to the knowledge and experience of how to make quality.

Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.

It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going on.

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

The food stamp program is the largest piece of the Farm Bill, it's a massive amount of money, but not only has it been good for families that need it, but it's been fantastic for local economies.

We need to consider that only a small amount of the public vote for the mayor of a city. It's because they are disgusted and don't trust the government.

Some people need a huge amount of attention, and they are worthy of that attention, and they're still exhausting.

Eternity to a child offers goodness, and eternal life to a man is essentially corrupting because it involves a certain amount of vanity to embrace it.

I read the same amount of nonfiction and fiction.

CDs are usually an hour long because that's the amount a CD could hold - not because that's the optimal amount of time for any given musical expression.

I am now at the age where I can withdraw a 25 per cent tax-free lump sum. I do not put in a set amount because my earnings are a moveable feast.

Time and rhythm are the most important elements in music. If both aren't well conceived, organized, and executed, no amount of notes will make the piece a meaningful artistic experience.

Success lives with no address as people keep searching for it in spite of making any amount or level of progress

A person can perhaps trust his eyes only to the amount of truth his heart does not mind to speak openly to the people to touch their souls in this selfish world full of lies.

I don't subscribe to the 'Doctor Who' magazine and we've only got the normal amount of 'Doctor Who' fridge magnets.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for military families. To have to worry about your loved ones and still try and live a normal life is extremely hard.

Honestly, I just try to drink lots of water and get a decent amount of sleep!

I've noticed that Henry needs an incredible amount of physical activity all the time in order to be happy. It's like hanging out with a greyhound.

I think of Canada, first and foremost, in terms of space. The amount of space available is breathtaking.