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Quotations regarding 'Rest'

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The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.
Lyman Abbott, American Author (1835-1922)
I got a call to come in and meet Fox, and the rest is history.
Paula Abdul, American Musician (1962-  )
For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
Lascelles Abercrombie, British Poet (1881-1938)
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
Henry B. Adams, Historian (1838-1918)
After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.
Jack Adams, Canadian Athlete (1895-1968)
A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
Abigail Adams, American First Lady (1744-1818)
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.
James Truslow Adams, American Historian (1878-1949)
FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.
Felix Adler, German Educator (1851-1933)
I love getting ready to do a scene, and thinking about it, and talking about it. But the rest of the time, I'm so nervous and obsessed. I'm just tearing my hair out in the trailer. The whole time I'm really tense.
Casey Affleck, American Actor (1975-  )
Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance.
Daniel Akaka, American Politician (1924-  )
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."
Muhammad Ali, American Athlete (1942-  )
How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case.
Robert G. Allen, -
Wilson thought in terms of the whole world; Harding was for America first. And, finally, whereas Wilson wanted America to exert itself nobly, Harding wanted to give it a rest.
Frederick Lewis Allen, American Editor (1890-1954)
Winter in Maine is a time of alternating rest and frenzied activity.
Tom Allen, American Politician (1945-  )
But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.
Tom Allen, American Politician (1945-  )
Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.
Woody Allen, American Director (1935-  )
I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life.
Karen Allen, American Actress (1951-  )
I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of my life.
Karen Allen, American Actress (1951-  )
That's why, to experience that, you know for a fact that a human being is capable of so much more, because to go to that place and to step outside yourself and observe yourself do these things, while the rest of the world is moving in slow motion, is really incredible.
Marcus Allen, American Athlete (1960-  )
Feminism is dated? Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today, but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world who are still forced into premature marriage, prostitution, forced labor - they have children that they don't want or they cannot feed.
Isabel Allende, Chilean Writer (1942-  )
 
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