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Someone who is asleep ‘before their head hits the pillow’ is not a champion sleeper any more than an individual who can eat their entire dinner in three minutes is a highly nutritious eater, that can often be a red flag and not a sign of great sleep. – Chris Winter	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Powell has been very clear he’s going to fight inflation, and he’s warned the markets again and again, about thinking things are over, you’d have to kind of be half asleep to not have heard that message. – Public Policy professor Dave Schabes	Found on CNN 1 year ago
My brother and his two children were asleep when the water came. I live close to them, and I tried to shout for them to come out, they came out and stood at a rock which was at a higher place, but moments later they were all washed away. – Sarah Chinangwa	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Also, one of the best ways to help yourself fall asleep is focusing on breathing. Most breathing exercises for sleeping usually involves slow and deep breaths. – Raj Dasgupta	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I ’ll be right on the verge of falling asleep and it’s like someone tickles me, it starts from my back and moves down through my legs. I startle and get a sort of jerk in my body. – Chris Breitigan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
My mom was asleep when my dad woke up to her going into cardiac arrest and she was unresponsive for quite a while, my sister gave her CPR until the ambulance arrived. She saved her life. Even though she doesn’t like to take credit for this terrible situation, she absolutely saved her life, followed by the critical job performed by the paramedics who arrived and were able to restore a heartbeat. – Jessica Pegula	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It was Herman Melville who once wrote that there are only five critics in America – the rest are asleep. I don’t know what it means, either, but I’m sure glad you woke up for me. – Brendan Fraser	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It does not' put you to sleep,' but rather it may reduce anxiety to increase likelihood of falling asleep. – Joshua Tal	Found on CNN 1 year ago
What a lot of sleep difficulties are all about is people who struggle to fall asleep because their mind is buzzing, but exercises like the 4-7-8 technique give you the opportunity to practice being at peace. And that's exactly what we need to do before we go to bed. – Rebecca Robbins	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Nightmares are really a common symptom of PTSD, people are terrified by their nightmares and always very ambivalent about whether to fall asleep or not because they know that they may meet their demons. – Yuval Neria	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The child apparently had that ability but this is a loaner and we don't know if that was a factor or maybe the child was asleep and got disorientated with the temperature as hot as it is. We don't know. That will be part of the investigation. – Ed Gonzalez	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
This was an intentional murder. This individual approached the two men, one at a time, you see him looking around, making sure no one was around, kicking the homeless person to make sure they were not asleep and just assassinated him, it was just something you would not imagine would take place in New York City. – Eric Adams	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I woke up around five o'clock in the morning with the very strange sound, i thought I was still dreaming. I couldn't believe my ears. But the sound was so persistent I couldn't fall asleep any further. – Vladimir Putin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Salmon and other fatty fish are high in both omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D, both of which can improve sleep quality by promoting serotonin production. In one study, men who ate salmon three times a week fell asleep faster and reported better daily functioning than those who ate chicken, beef, or pork. – Kaleigh McMordie	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Consumption in the evening may promote drowsiness, leading to better sleep. Oats also contain melatonin, which can help us to fall asleep as well. – Allison Tallman	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I was like' I can't leave'cause of my kids, but I'm not happy, what do I do ?' what I did was drink a bottle of scotch and fall asleep on the couch, which turned out not to be the solution. – Ben Affleck	Found on CNN 2 years ago
What about (Zion) skipping rehab workouts? What about (Zion) falling asleep during film session last week? – Jake Madison	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I guess he had been dead awhile because his body was cold, i just remember crying out,' I wasn't ready to let you go' and spend some time alone with him, you know, patting his hair, touching his hands, he looked like he was just asleep. – Karen Butcher	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If you are woke until your privilege is challenged, then you are still asleep. – David Pilgrim	added by juliealexander 2 years ago
I walked downstairs and they warned me not to go to the bathroom because there were too many people in front of the lav door, there was one guy who had a box of water bottles that he was using for a pillow. I don’t know how that could have been comfortable. But, hey, he was fast asleep. – Braden Coleman	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
As children move toward adolescence, they naturally prefer to go to sleep later and wake up later, this is why school start times are such an important focus of debate : If you can't fall asleep until later, but your school start time remains the same, you're going to get less sleep. – Christina Chick	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I'm not used to getting up at 5 in the morning anymore to play, and I kind of played like I was still asleep for a while. Righted the ship a little bit. A little disappointed that I didn't capitalize on a few more of those coming in. – Steve Stricker	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I'm in the house that we're staying in for right now, this is the living room area and they all fell asleep on the couch last night watching a movie. – Megan Fox	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We found a 56 % increased risk of dementia and an 80 % greater risk of all cause mortality over the following eight years among those who experienced both concurrent sleep difficulties -- falling asleep or waking from sleep. – Rebecca Robbins	Found on CNN 2 years ago

Someone who is asleep ‘before their head hits the pillow’ is not a champion sleeper any more than an individual who can eat their entire dinner in three minutes is a highly nutritious eater, that can often be a red flag and not a sign of great sleep.

– Chris Winter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Powell has been very clear he’s going to fight inflation, and he’s warned the markets again and again, about thinking things are over, you’d have to kind of be half asleep to not have heard that message.

– Public Policy professor Dave Schabes

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My brother and his two children were asleep when the water came. I live close to them, and I tried to shout for them to come out, they came out and stood at a rock which was at a higher place, but moments later they were all washed away.

– Sarah Chinangwa

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Also, one of the best ways to help yourself fall asleep is focusing on breathing. Most breathing exercises for sleeping usually involves slow and deep breaths.

– Raj Dasgupta

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I ’ll be right on the verge of falling asleep and it’s like someone tickles me, it starts from my back and moves down through my legs. I startle and get a sort of jerk in my body.

– Chris Breitigan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My mom was asleep when my dad woke up to her going into cardiac arrest and she was unresponsive for quite a while, my sister gave her CPR until the ambulance arrived. She saved her life. Even though she doesn’t like to take credit for this terrible situation, she absolutely saved her life, followed by the critical job performed by the paramedics who arrived and were able to restore a heartbeat.

– Jessica Pegula

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was Herman Melville who once wrote that there are only five critics in America – the rest are asleep. I don’t know what it means, either, but I’m sure glad you woke up for me.

– Brendan Fraser

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It does not' put you to sleep,' but rather it may reduce anxiety to increase likelihood of falling asleep.

– Joshua Tal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What a lot of sleep difficulties are all about is people who struggle to fall asleep because their mind is buzzing, but exercises like the 4-7-8 technique give you the opportunity to practice being at peace. And that's exactly what we need to do before we go to bed.

– Rebecca Robbins

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Nightmares are really a common symptom of PTSD, people are terrified by their nightmares and always very ambivalent about whether to fall asleep or not because they know that they may meet their demons.

– Yuval Neria

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The child apparently had that ability but this is a loaner and we don't know if that was a factor or maybe the child was asleep and got disorientated with the temperature as hot as it is. We don't know. That will be part of the investigation.

– Ed Gonzalez

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This was an intentional murder. This individual approached the two men, one at a time, you see him looking around, making sure no one was around, kicking the homeless person to make sure they were not asleep and just assassinated him, it was just something you would not imagine would take place in New York City.

– Eric Adams

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I woke up around five o'clock in the morning with the very strange sound, i thought I was still dreaming. I couldn't believe my ears. But the sound was so persistent I couldn't fall asleep any further.

– Vladimir Putin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Salmon and other fatty fish are high in both omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D, both of which can improve sleep quality by promoting serotonin production. In one study, men who ate salmon three times a week fell asleep faster and reported better daily functioning than those who ate chicken, beef, or pork.

– Kaleigh McMordie

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Consumption in the evening may promote drowsiness, leading to better sleep. Oats also contain melatonin, which can help us to fall asleep as well.

– Allison Tallman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I was like' I can't leave'cause of my kids, but I'm not happy, what do I do ?' what I did was drink a bottle of scotch and fall asleep on the couch, which turned out not to be the solution.

– Ben Affleck

Found on CNN
2 years ago

What about (Zion) skipping rehab workouts? What about (Zion) falling asleep during film session last week?

– Jake Madison

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I guess he had been dead awhile because his body was cold, i just remember crying out,' I wasn't ready to let you go' and spend some time alone with him, you know, patting his hair, touching his hands, he looked like he was just asleep.

– Karen Butcher

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If you are woke until your privilege is challenged, then you are still asleep.

– David Pilgrim

added by juliealexander
2 years ago

I walked downstairs and they warned me not to go to the bathroom because there were too many people in front of the lav door, there was one guy who had a box of water bottles that he was using for a pillow. I don’t know how that could have been comfortable. But, hey, he was fast asleep.

– Braden Coleman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As children move toward adolescence, they naturally prefer to go to sleep later and wake up later, this is why school start times are such an important focus of debate : If you can't fall asleep until later, but your school start time remains the same, you're going to get less sleep.

– Christina Chick

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm not used to getting up at 5 in the morning anymore to play, and I kind of played like I was still asleep for a while. Righted the ship a little bit. A little disappointed that I didn't capitalize on a few more of those coming in.

– Steve Stricker

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I'm in the house that we're staying in for right now, this is the living room area and they all fell asleep on the couch last night watching a movie.

– Megan Fox

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We found a 56 % increased risk of dementia and an 80 % greater risk of all cause mortality over the following eight years among those who experienced both concurrent sleep difficulties -- falling asleep or waking from sleep.

– Rebecca Robbins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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