"Seconds of focused pleasureable visualization is stronger than 2000 hours of working to obtain a goal"
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"These paper boats of mine are meant to dance on the ripples of hours, and not reach any destination."
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"By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour."
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"Stop trying to squeeze professional results out of recreational hours."
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"I don't like to go to strange places. I was in Italy for about five hours on my way to Africa."
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"For me, every hour is grace."
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"The clock strikes off the hollow half-hours of all the life that is left to you, one by one."
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"Rapidly, merrily, Life's sunny hours flit by, Gratefully, cheerily Enjoy them as they fly!"
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"I can spend two hours grubbing about in my garden, dazed with pleasure and intent, and it feels like five minutes."
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"Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour."
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"Now, we are selling over 5 million songs a day now. Isn't that unbelievable? That's 58 songs every second of every minute of every hour of every day."
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"I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one."
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"Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down."
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"I never see why we should do anything unless it is either a duty or a pleasure! Life's short enough without filling up hours unnecessarily"
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"The extra daily social time of 1.7 hours in weekends raises average happiness by about 2%."
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"Delay not to seize the hour!"
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"I could write for hours on the lustfulness of moving Swiftly."
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"To live the greatest number of good hours is wisdom."
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"I was told I got 10 measly minutes, but just in case, I brought 13 hours worth of material."
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"The compensation for a death sentence is the knowledge of the exact hour when one is to die. A great luxury, but one that is well earned."
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