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> [Life is short, but the years are long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/life-is-short-but-the-years-are-long/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [Life's too short to be a Go-Go for twenty years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belinda-carlisle/life-s-too-short-to-be-a-go-go-for-twenty-years/)

[Belinda Carlisle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belinda-carlisle/)

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> [In youth, the days are short and the years are long. In old age, the years are short and days long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/in-youth-the-days-are-short-and-the-years-are-long-in-old-age-the/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

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> [“Jesus spent three decades allowing the Father to prepare Him for three short years of ministry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-shadrach/jesus-spent-three-decades-allowing-the-father-to-prepare-him-for/)

[Steve Shadrach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-shadrach/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/steve-shadrach-50596_parenting_jesus-spent-three-decades-allowing-the-f_1966961.jpg)

> [In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/in-youth-the-days-are-short-and-the-years-are-long-in-old-age-the-2/)

[Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/)

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> [What's happened is we have lost, over a period of years, short years, 70,000 factories in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/what-s-happened-is-we-have-lost-over-a-period-of-years-short-years-70/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [Whod think in elementary Heyyy I see da penitentiary but now I realize its just a few short years away for me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter/whod-think-in-elementary-heyyy-i-see-da-penitentiary-but-now-i/)

[Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter/)

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> [The simple record of these three short years of active life has done more to regenerate and soften mankind than all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-edward-hartpole-lecky/the-simple-record-of-these-three-short-years-of-active-life-has-done/)

[William Edward Hartpole Lecky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-edward-hartpole-lecky/)

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> [In six short years, small business owners and family farmers will once again be assessed a tax on the value of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doc-hastings/in-six-short-years-small-business-owners-and-family-farmers-will-once/)

[Doc Hastings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doc-hastings/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/doc-hastings-18633_business_in-six-short-years-small-business-owners_694473.png)

> [After having seen the job done on that first show of mine, I realized that I felt like I wanted to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flip-wilson/after-having-seen-the-job-done-on-that-first-show-of-mine-i-realized/)

[Flip Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flip-wilson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c90/flip-wilson-16193_done_after-having-seen-the-job-done-on-that-f_322838.png)

> [Everything I do or say will be forgotten in a few short years. Yet how amazing and wonderful it is that somehow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-fagg/everything-i-do-or-say-will-be-forgotten-in-a-few-short-years-yet-how/)

[Lawrence Fagg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-fagg/)

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