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"There is no such thing as an unreasonable question, or a silly question, or a frivolous question, or a waste-of-time question. It's your life, and you've got to get these answers."
"Waste not the remnant of thy life in those imaginations touching other folk, whereby thou contributest not to the common weal."
"Of all the damnable waste of human life that ever was invented, clerking is the worst."
"Youth, what a pity to waste it on the young."
"And, of course, the funniest food: "kumquats". I don't even bring them home anymore. I sit there laughing and they go to waste."
"Dying is such a waste of good health."
"Take care of the waste on the farm and turn it into useful channels’ should be the slogan of every farmer."
"Chemical waste products are the droppings of science."
"It is now your duty to hone that talent, because a person who wastes his God-given talents is a donkey."
"Waste not a day in vain digression; with resolute, courageous trust seek every possible impression and make it firmly your posession you'll then work on because you must."
"Good is not good, unless A thousand it possess, But doth waste with greediness."
"I was never a cokehead or anything like that. I always despised that drug. I thought it was a waste of time, pointless."
"My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away"
"Bad herdsmen waste the flocks which thou hast left behind."
"If you want it to be so, history can be a waste of time; it can also be, if you want it to be so, a study bearing fruit beyond price."
"Imagine a man besottedly in love: he won't waste time speculating whether other women equally merit his affection."
