"It is impossible for me to waste my time in helping another person."
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"Why do we have to spend our lives striving to be something that we would never want to be, if we only knew what we wanted? Why do we waste our time doing things which... are just the opposite of what we were made for?"
"Instead of of being so metaphorical with the rhyme, I was encouraged to go straight at it and hit it dead on and not waste time trying to cover things."
"No matter what that makes elastic - sharply, intellectually and sincerely, keep at bay it as noxious waste."
"Do not waste your time with people who have shown you they really mean no good for you."
"You always hear about waste and abuse in Washington. And usually it doesn't mean much, because nobody ever finds where that waste and abuse is."
"I didn't waste my time on things I didn't love."
"I'm pretty moral about what I do. If I didn't think I was worthy of doing something, I wouldn't do it. I ain't gonna waste a bunch of people's time."
"Fear exists until the moment when the unavoidable happens, after that we must waste none of our energy on it."
"We need to create a new revolution, and to do that, don’t waste your life: stop pleasing people, and become who you always wanted to be."
"I love all waste and solitary places."
"When you have got a ticket to send, and you're not a top costumer, it's best not to waste your time."
"'Troll 2' is one of the rare sequels where you don't have to waste time watching the first one, since the films have absolutely nothing to do with one another."
"What's the good of reaching 90, if you waste 89?"
"Why waste your life working for a few shillings a week in a scullery, eighteen hours a day, when a woman could earn a decent wage by selling her body instead?"
"The time to work is shorter all the time and if you waste it you ... have committed a sin for which there is no forgiveness."
"Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life."
"I just want to give it all that I got. I just don't want to waste it."
"There is no waste of time like making excuses."
"Do you love life? Then don't waste time, because time is life!"