"Worry is like rocking in a rocking chair all day, because it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere."
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"If you're too busy to pray...you're too busy"
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"The busy man has few idle visitors; to the boiling pot the flies come not."
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"Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command."
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"I do not like the idea of happiness - it is too momentary - I would say that I was always busy and interested in something - interest has more meaning to me than the idea of happiness."
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"It's not enough to be busy."
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"A love of nature keeps no factories busy."
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"I'm too busy. I have no time for worry."
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"Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy."
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"For everybody in their busy lives, you need to invest in sharpening your tools, and you need to invest in longevity."
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"Many people who pretend to be very busy have the least to do."
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"And so, I will be probably, since I am not involved in all the activity, I will have some spare time to devote to document all this busy part of the flight."
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"We often become mentally and spiritually barren because we're so busy."
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"Most men I do not meet at all, for they seem not to have time; they are busy about their beans."
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"I have another Russian idea, too, with a place and a period, so I guess I have enough to keep me busy for quite some time, especially considering that I'm such a slow writer."
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"The ship is going by a mighty engine, and you are busy rowing."
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"When the business grows, the person who founded it is incredibly busy. Rapid growth puts an enormous strain on a business. You outgrow your production facilities. You outgrow your management capabilities."
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"If the enemy can keep us occupied, we don't present much opposition."
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"Don't be so busy trying to make a living that you're too busy to make a life."
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"I like being busy and juggling a lot of things at the same time. I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot."
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