Mark Heard (1951–1992) American musician and record producer
Life in the Industry: A Musician's Diary
Source: The Throne of Fire
Mark Heard (1951–1992) American musician and record producer
Life in the Industry: A Musician's Diary
“Every morning I wake up and think good, another 24 hours' pipe-smoking.”
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
A rare interview with Tolkien (1966) — "Tolkien's shire" by John Ezard, The Guardian (28 December 1991) http://www.theguardian.com/books/1991/dec/28/jrrtolkien.classics
“I am influenced by every second of my waking hour.”
Lenny Bruce book How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
Source: How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
“I'm sleeping like a baby, too. Every two hours, I wake up, screaming.”
Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general
Upon hearing that President Bush was "sleeping like a baby" on the eve of war with Iraq, as quoted in "The Tragedy of Colin Powell" (19 February 2004) http://slate.msn.com/id/2095756/. <br class="br">2000s
“I wake up every morning and think: You know what would be good today? Not dying.”
Rick Riordan (1964) American writer
Source: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
Where's the Rest of Me? http://books.google.com/books?id=n6pZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22So+much+of+our+profession+is+taken+up+with+pretending%22+%22that+an+actor+must+spend+at+least+half+his+waking+hours+in+fantasy%22&pg=PA6#v=onepage (1965) <br class="br">1960s