Quotes with time-wasting

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  • Quentin Crisp In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
    Quentin Crisp
    English writer and actor (1908 - 1999)
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  • Edward P. Tryon In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time.
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  • Billy Beane In baseball, you can do something poorly and still get credit. A pitcher could throw a bad ball, the batter hit a screaming line drive, and an outfielder make a fantastic diving catch. Yet, when you look at historical databases, 80% of the time when a ball is struck with that trajectory and velocity, it is a hit.
    Billy Beane
    American baseball player (1962 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle In books lies the soul of the whole past time.
    On Heroes 5
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Albert Bushnell Hart In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.
    Albert Bushnell Hart
    American historian, writer, and editor (1854 - 1943)
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  • H.G. Wells In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.
    H.G. Wells
    British-born American author (1866 - 1946)
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  • Robert Collier In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • Brooks Atkinson In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.
    Once around the sun (1951)
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • Alfred Marshall In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old.
    Alfred Marshall
    British economist (1842 - 1924)
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  • Alfred Marshall In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old.
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  • Francis Bacon In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Albert Schweitzer In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Adam Schiff In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.
    Adam Schiff
    American lawyer and politician (1960 - )
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  • Bell Hooks In general, the mass media tell us that black people are not loving, that our lives are so fraught with violence and aggression that we have no time to love.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Abraham Lincoln In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God can not be for and against the same thing at the same time.
    Meditation on the Divine Will, ca. 2 September 1862
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Bill Dedman In Illinois, where legislators are paid $45,000, plus as much as $10,000 for leadership work, about half are full-time politicians.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Bill Murray In Japan, you have no idea what they are saying, and they can't help you either. Nothing makes any sense. They're very polite, but you feel like a joke is being played on you the entire time you're there.
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • Allen Klein In looking for humor, keep in mind this guideline: Sometimes it takes a little time to see the humor in your upsets; you may not find something to laugh about immediately.
    Allen Klein
    American businessman, music publisher (1931 - 2009)
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  • Caitlin Flanagan In many respects a teenage girl's home is more important to her than at any time since she was a small child. She also needs emotional support and protection from the most corrosive cultural forces that seek to exploit her when she is least able to resist.
    Caitlin Flanagan
    American writer
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  • Brene Brown In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer's dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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