Time quotes

Time

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Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

"Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think."

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William Blake
William Blake Poet, Painter

"Ah, sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun, Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the traveller's journey is done; Where the youth pined away with desire And the pale virgin shrouded in snow Arise from their graves, and aspire Where my sunflower wishes to go."

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Nancy Reagan Political Figure, First Lady
Time

"You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count."

Life Time Appreciation
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Anthony the Great Monk, Theologian
Time

"A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, "You are mad; you are not like us.""

Religious Crazy Time
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Marie Curie Physicist, Chemist
Time

"You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for our own improvement, and at the same time share a genaral responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think can be most useful."

Responsibility Time Work
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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Time

"It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result."

Mean Motivational Time
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Milan Kundera Writer
Time

"The man hunched over his motorcycle can focus only on the present... he is caught in a fragment of time cut off from both the past and the future... he has no fear, because the source of fear is in the future, and a person freed of the future has nothing to fear."

Inspirational Time Freedom
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Rachel Carson Biologist, Conservationist, Author
Time

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."

Inspirational Nature Time
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Otto von Bismarck Statesman, Chancellor
Time

"The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood."

Mean Time Blood
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Dale Carnegie Author, Speaker
Time

"Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto."

Life Motivational Time
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Rose Kennedy Socialite
Time

"It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone."

Pain Time Get Well
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