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“To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to spend or waste, and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.”
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- Source:
- p. 10
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 85a1cad919efab09802a1978e3e8fe1eb0e445c17b71ce257762e4fd63116672
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