"Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness."
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"What is history but a fable agreed upon?"
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"He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time."
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"Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile."
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"Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?"
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"Time was invented by the Almighty God in order to give ideas a chance."
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"There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now."
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"Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances."
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"Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving."
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"Time flies on restless pinions - constant never."
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"I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead."
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"It is human life. We are blown upon the world; we float buoyantly upon the summer air a little while, complacently showing off our grace of form and our dainty iridescent colors; then we vanish with a little puff, leaving nothing behind but a memory - and sometimes not even that. I suppose that at those solemn times when we wake in the deeps of the night and reflect, there is not one of us who is not willing to confess that he is really only a soap-bubble, and as little worth the making."
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"A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape."
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"By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never."
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"In that case, there is no time to lose. Plant it this afternoon!"
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"The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages."
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"...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights. For the first time in history, in this age of unprecedented wealth and technical prowess, we have the power to save humanity from this shameful scourge. Let us summon the will to do it."
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"A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth."
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"We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent."
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"...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend."
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