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• A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

  Mark Twain

  Wise, Lying, Men

  Mark Twain, Susan K. Harris (1994). “Historical Romances: The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc”, p.115, Library of America

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• Alone among businesses, the fossil-fuel industry is allowed to dump its main waste, carbon dioxide, for free.

  Bill McKibben

  Business, Fuel, Fossils

  "Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math" by Bill McKibben, www.rollingstone.com. July 19, 2012.

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• The linear 'Take - Make - Dispose' system, which depletes natural resources and generates waste, is deeply flawed and can be productively replaced by a restorative model in which waste does not exist as such but is only food for the next cycle

  Ellen MacArthur

  Business, Doe, Restoration

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• (Waste = Loss): The first rule of business is to survive and the guiding principle of business economics is not the maximisation of profit, it is the avoidance of loss

  Peter Drucker

  Business, Loss, Guiding Principles

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• The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me

  Richard Branson

  Business, Dwelling, People

  Sir Richard Branson (2012). “Like A Virgin: Secrets They Won’t Teach You at Business School”, p.26, Random House

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• My father's nature turned out no waste product; he had none of that useless stuff in him that lies in heaps near factories. He took his own happiness with him.

  Margot Asquith

  Attitude, Father, Lying

  Margot Asquith (1963). “The Autobiography of Margot Asquith: Vol. two”

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• I'm not going to go around with a long face - that's a waste of time

  Doris Day

  Love, Life, Family

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• Eternity - waste of time.

  Natalie Clifford Barney

  Time, Wasting Time, Eternity

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• Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

  David Lloyd George

  Time, Political, Politics

  On preparation for the Paris Peace Conference, November 1918.

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• Tell the truth. All the time. About everything. What's the alternative to radical honesty? Waste. Wasted time, wasted money, wasted possibilities-a wasted life.

  Brad Blanton

  Honesty, Alternatives, Wasting Time

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• I'm not trying to brainwash my critics. If they're critics, they're critics, and that's their job to be critical, but I certainly enjoy the involvement I have with my fans. I enjoy the time I get to spend with them, and I don't waste time with someone stubborn who is not going to come around.

  John Cena

  Jobs, Trying, Fans

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I really have to thank Facebook ... I didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time. I would never say the people on it are losers, but that's only because I'm polite. People say 'But Betty, Facebook is a great way to connect with old friends.' Well at my age, if I wanna connect with old friends, I need a Ouija Board. Needless to say, we didn't have Facebook when I was growing up. We had phonebook, but you wouldn't waste an afternoon with it.

  Betty White

  Growing Up, People, Old Friends

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• Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what's important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. You tell people you love them. My friend Gilda Radner used to say, 'If it wasn't for the downside, having cancer would be the best thing and everyone would want it.' That's true. If it wasn't for the downside.

  Gilda Radner

  Cancer, People, Important

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• What occurred to me on [‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’], and also with the passing of her mother, is that there's going to come a time when I'm not going to get to be with this person anymore. I'm not going to get to be with my children anymore. Or friends, people I love and respect. And so, if we have a flare-up, it evaporates now. I don't want to waste time being angry at someone I love.

  Brad Pitt

  Mother, Children, Flare Up

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• Don’t waste your time trying to get into my head. There's nothing there.

  William Shatner

  Trying, Don't Waste Your Time

  "Fictional character: Denny Crane". "Boston Legal/ Head Cases", www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• Do not waste one moment in regret, for to think feelingly of the mistakes of the past is to re-infect yourself.

  Neville Goddard

  Inspiring, Regret, Mistake

  Neville Goddard “Neville's Spiritual Classics”, Lulu.com

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• I have fun with it and I am honest and open about the way I lead my life and don't mislead anyone. I've had the time of my life and thank God for that, it would be such a waste otherwise.

  James Blunt

  Fun, Thank God, Would Be

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• I was in London. It's a long way to go for a very long party, sitting there for six hours not having a cigarette or a drink. It's a waste of time.

  Albert Finney

  Party, Long, Sitting

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• I don't like reading things that people say on the Internet because I know so much of it is not true. I don't want to waste my time worrying about what other people are thinking. I just want to focus on being able to do cool projects.

  Lily Collins

  Reading, Thinking, People

  "Lily Collins Feels The 'Momentum' Going Into 2011". Interview with Eric Ditzian, www.mtv.com. January 10, 2011.

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• Time is a precious thing. Never waste it.

  Gene Wilder

  Inspirational, Directors, Wasting Time

  "Fictional character: Willy Wonka". "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", www.imdb.com. 1971.

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• Being in Marin City was like a small town so it taught me to be more [straightforward] with my style. 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 thingsIn Marin City it seemed like things were real country. Everything was straightforward. Poverty was straightforward.

  Tupac Shakur

  Country, Real, Cities

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• Believe me, a grain is a terrible thing to waste.

  Alton Brown

  Believe, Terrible, Grain

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• In Hollywood, there is a lot of pressure to do certain things and getting into drugs, alcohol, or partying a lot is a major one. I stay out of that, because it is a waste of my time. I always remember where I came from and to never change who I am - I stick to my morals, and I do not let anyone pressure me into doing things that I do not want to.

  Ashley Benson

  Party, Who I Am, Alcohol

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• It's perilous and foolhardy for the average citizen to remain ignorant about global warming, say, or ozone depletion, air pollution, toxic and radioactive wastes, acid rain, topsoil erosion, tropical deforestation, exponential population growth. Jobs and wages depend on science and technology.

  Carl Sagan

  Jobs, Rain, Technology

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.25, Ballantine Books

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• Talk about a dream, try to make it real. You wake up in the night with a fear so real. Spend your life waiting for a moment that just don’t come. Well don’t waste your time waiting.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Dream, Real, Night

  Song: Badlands

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