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Daily Inspiration Quote by Trisha Goddard

"I'll get into a pattern where I start sleeping only between 12 and 3.30, and go for weeks like that"

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A brutally plain confession that doubles as a quiet flex: Trisha Goddard isn’t describing a quirky habit, she’s sketching the lived logistics of being “on” as a public person. The specificity of “between 12 and 3.30” gives it the ring of a symptom log, not a dramatic anecdote. It’s the language of someone who’s tracked this pattern before, recognized it returning, and knows exactly how long it can swallow her life: “go for weeks like that” is the real gut-punch, the part that turns a bad night into a lifestyle imposed by something louder than willpower.

The intent reads less like complaint and more like calibration. Goddard’s career has always traded in the performance of composure: a host’s poise, a broadcaster’s steady rhythm, the on-camera authority that implies control. This line punctures that image without melodrama. The subtext is about the cost of visibility and the treadmill of productivity: when your work depends on being sharp, the body becomes a liability you manage in private, then mask in public.

There’s also a cultural tell here: sleep deprivation as both stigma and status symbol. Saying you function on three and a half hours can be a cry for help, but it can also be a shorthand for relentless drive. Goddard lets both meanings coexist, which is why it lands. It’s not an inspirational struggle narrative; it’s the unnerving normality of dysfunction becoming routine.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Goddard, Trisha. (2026, January 15). I'll get into a pattern where I start sleeping only between 12 and 3.30, and go for weeks like that. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ill-get-into-a-pattern-where-i-start-sleeping-159888/

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Goddard, Trisha. "I'll get into a pattern where I start sleeping only between 12 and 3.30, and go for weeks like that." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ill-get-into-a-pattern-where-i-start-sleeping-159888/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I'll get into a pattern where I start sleeping only between 12 and 3.30, and go for weeks like that." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ill-get-into-a-pattern-where-i-start-sleeping-159888/. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.

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Trisha Goddard (born December 1, 1957) is a Entertainer from England.

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