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  Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

  William Penn

  Time, Top Management, Want

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• Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Time, Short Life

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.2, Nayika Publishing

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• Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Poor Richard's Almanack, June 1746

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• The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Motivational, Time, Attitude

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• Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Time, Patriotic

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.86, Rowman & Littlefield

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• The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.

  Stephen Covey

  Time, Keys, Investing

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.302, Simon and Schuster

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• Make use of time, let not advantage slip.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Time

  1593 Venus and Adonis, stanza 22, l.129-32.

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• This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Time, Frustrated, Vision

  1837 'The American Scholar', lecture at Harvard University.

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  A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

  Charles Darwin

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1958). “Autobiography and Selected Letters”, p.145, Courier Corporation

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• Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

  Art Buchwald

  Inspirational, Time, Acceptance

  CNN Newsroom With Kyra Phillips and Don Lemon, transcripts.cnn.com. November 02, 2006.

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• Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week's value out of a year while another man gets a full year's value out of a week.

  Anthony Charles Richards

  Time, Motivation, Men

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• The great times were never as great as they seem in the rearview mirror.

  Pat Benatar

  Mirrors, Rearview Mirror, Seems

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• Great times call for great men.

  Jaroslav Hašek

  Book, Men, Great Men

  Jaroslav Hašek (1993). “The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War”

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• I don't think anyone has ever been in a better place at a better time than I was when I was editor of Vogue. Vogue always did stand for people's lives. I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress, and the sort of life you had lived before, and what you will do in it later. Like all great times, the sixties were about personalities.

  Diana Vreeland

  Girl, Mean, Thinking

  "D.V".

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• You can have a great time on a film and the chemistry can seem great but then you look at the finished film and it just doesn't quite gel, something doesn't quite work.

  Guy Pearce

  Looks, Chemistry, Film

  "Guy Pearce Exclusive Interview; Talks THE KING’S SPEECH, Luc Besson’s LOCKOUT, DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 9, 2012.

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• Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to you.

  Brian Tracy

  Self, Discipline, Important

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• In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic society detaches himself from profane time and magically re-enters the Great Time, the sacred time.

  Mircea Eliade

  Hero, Adventure, Men

  "Myths, Dreams and Mysteries". Book by Mircea Eliade translated by Philip Mairet (p. 23), 1967.

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• What a great time to be born! What a great time to be alive! Because this generation gets to essentially completely change the world.

  Paul Hawken

  Climate, This Generation, Generations

  "Review: 'The 11th Hour' a message of hope for Mother Earth" by Joe Garofoli, www.sfgate.com. August 23, 2007.

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  It's not even about black and white anymore, because so many people are from mixed backgrounds and mixed ethnicities, and it's just a great time to be able to pull all that together.

  George Lopez

  Black And White, Ethnicity, People

  "George Lopez enters the talk show wars". Interview with Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. March 30, 2009.

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• It's an honor to walk in the footsteps of a legend. As host I intend to honor the tradition of The Bob Hope Classic and have a great time blazing a new path.

  George Lopez

  Honor, Bob, Legends

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• When Ive ridden in parades, I always throw to the kids, the elderly and anyone who is smiling and having a great time. I try to make eye contact with the person. If you catch a ton and a kid nearby hasnt caught much, share.

  Bryan Batt

  Kids, Eye, Elderly

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• I really had a great time working with Modest Mouse, just because of the people. I loved writing songs with Isaac Brock, and Jeremiah Green is probably my favorite musician that I've worked with.

  Johnny Marr

  Song, Writing, People

  "Johnny Marr has no negative thoughts about The Smiths, seriously". Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. May 1, 2012.

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• It was so much fun working with these young kid actors. We had a great time and those kids are truly amazing.

  Torii Hunter

  Fun, Kids, Actors

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• I had a great time doing 'Torchwood,' I really did.

  Burn Gorman

  Torchwood, Had A Great Time

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• How come there's no terrorism with humor, which is a great way to humiliate your enemy? It's a great time for that.

  John Waters

  Enemy, Way, Terrorism

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