Payal Kadakia

I want to stay active. I want to find that mind-body connection every single day, and I want other people to have that because we spend our lives on our phones, at our desks. We're not thinking about our bodies and the mental connections we should be having, and those moments help us push through to live our best life.

American Businesswoman

Emily Weiss

My desk is more of a place where I set my stuff, and then I move around. If I'm at the office, I'm usually wandering around to different meeting rooms all day or taking people out or making tea. I'm rarely at my desk; it's just a place to hang my hat.

Rei Kawakubo

My design process never starts or finishes. I am always hoping to find something through the mere act of living my daily life. I do not work from a desk and do not have an exact starting point for any collection.

Japanese Designer

Huda Kattan

I like things on my desk that are pretty and make a statement. It's important that whatever is on my desk inspires me because that's where I spend a lot of my time working and creating things.

Iraqi Entertainer

Philip Pullman

I have a desk that I can raise or lower according to the state of my aching back. Sometimes I stand at it, and sometimes I have it high up to write at and sometimes a bit lower to type.

British Writer

Jacqueline Woodson

Sometimes, when I'm sitting at my desk for long hours and nothing's coming to me, I remember my fifth-grade teacher, the way her eyes lit up when she said, 'This is really good.

American Writer

Howard Rheingold

Personal computers were created by some teenagers in garages because the, the wisdom of the computer industry was that people didn't want these little toys on their desk.

American Critic

Natalie du Toit

It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.

South African Athlete

Jed Mercurio

I like to sit at my desk... sometimes I get inspiration when I'm going about my normal day-to-day life.

John le Carre

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

English Writer

Desk often refers to a work or study area, signaling productivity and organization.

Workplace Item

When someone talks about a desk, they usually mean the furniture, not the surface.

Furniture Piece

Desks can be personalized with items like photos or plants, reflecting the user's identity.

Customizable Space

A desk in corporate contexts represents a service area where clients receive assistance.

Service Area

Sometimes 'desk' refers to a function or role, without a physical counter or table.

Not Always Physical

When referring to someone's desk, it may imply their role, authority, or status.

Position of Authority

In authority contexts, the desk is a personal space where strategic decisions are made.

Physical Workspace

In media settings, 'desk' indicates where news is gathered and coordinated.

Media Hub

The news desk is central to the broadcasting operation, often informing viewers of the latest events.

Information Central

 and used that to design my robotic desk lamp. So I went and designed frame by frame to try to make this robot as graceful and engaging as possible. And here when you see the robot interacting with me on a desktop -- and I'm actually redesigning the robot, so, unbeknownst to itself, it's kind of digging its own grave by helping me.

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 or seated at a desk rather than on a couch, can make your stress response to these circumstances less sensitive during the test itself. Exercise is another useful tool. Increasing your heart and breathing rate is linked to chemical changes in your brain that help reduce anxiety and increase your sense of well-being.

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 Students like Jamal can perplex brand new teachers because they're not quite sure how to support young people like him. I took a direct approach. I negotiated with Jamal. If he could give me focused work, then he could do it from anywhere in the classroom, from our classroom rug, from behind my desk,

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 and they went and left her. But as they went out of the room, he turned on the radio that was sitting on his desk. And when they got out of the room, he said to her mother, "Just stand and watch her." And the minute they left the room, she was on her feet, moving to the music.

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 you can be running back and forth all the desk space stuff i've got covered but away from the office i do have extra needs just two things really the right kit and an extra pair of hands like a runner who can help me get around and lend a hand with the physical stuff

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 why can I not use my computer in the same way that I interact in the physical world? So, I started this exploration around eight years back, and it literally started with a mouse on my desk. Rather than using it for my computer, I actually opened it.

The thrilling potential...

 calories a day i counted steps i got a standing desk and i learned that my one hour of walking every day was as good for my head as it was for my body and finally life's too short to live without ice cream when i was first diagnosed i made a list

The psychological weight...

 And kids can be cruel. And so she kept those things in her desk, and years later, after she retired, I watched some of those same kids come through and say to her, "You know, Ms. Walker, you made a difference in my life. You made it work for me.

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 So this is where I went to where I was working. I came downstairs and I saw this big guy sitting behind a desk. He looked like a security guard. So I just approached him. And I was just walking and that was the longest walk of my life --

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 his word was considered law in every aspect of life every decision was his even the most simple name change had to go across his desk with his marriage to Alexandra a German princess and

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