"I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural."

Time, Work, Hardwork, Mathematics

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"I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural."

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"Always keep in mind how you can best use this time that you call life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

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"Time is an illusion of life the life of the past and the future clouds men from the true life of the present."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

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"Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

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"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time."

Dave Eggers, American Writer

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"Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born."

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"Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life."

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"My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall."

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"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."

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"The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help."

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"Always keep in mind how you can best use this time that you call life."

"I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way."

"Time is an illusion of life the life of the past and the future clouds men from the true life of the present."

"Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them."

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"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."

"We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born."

"Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life."

"My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall."

"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."

"The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help."

"I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read."