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We shouldn’t waste any more time in making sure that democracy is properly rooted in our political life and the supremacy of the law becomes an integral part of our state’s structure.

Ahmet Necdet Sezner

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn’t waste time waiting for inspiration.

Ernest Newman

British musicologist

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930-2012)

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Book reviews have never helped me. Most of them erred in their interpretations and their work has been a waste of time.

Manuel Puig

How many times will this Congress waste time on an issue that a majority of Americans do not want?

Raul Grijalva

American politician

I’ve been thinking about the record since I reached the fifty plateau. But you think about it and then you let it go because you can’t waste many brain cells on hours thinking about it.

Mark McGwire

American baseball player and coach

I’m treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.

Syd Barrett

British musician (1946-2006)

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

Dale Carnegie

American writer and lecturer (1888-1955)

I tell people retirement isn’t what you think. You are going to sit around and waste your life, you can only golf so much. To stay young, you have to stay in the mix.

Ron Rice

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