I never write from concept. The beat is the beginning, and then I fill in the rest of the song into what it should be.
Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
I'm William Wallace, and the rest of you will be spared. Go back to England and tell them... Scotland is free!
True friends walks in when the rest of the world has walked out.
People who get rich early should help the rest get rich.
I'm lucky, I can sleep from takeoff until we land; so I'm fresh, rested and ready to work on arrival.
The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections.
There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline.
Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.
And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.
Not the place where I was born but where I hang my hat is home.
If you stay long enough in one place the whole world passes you by.
If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree.
There are people who place a basket on your head to see what you carry.
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