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> [- I'm so busy doing what I must do that I don't have time for what I ought to do... and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/i-m-so-busy-doing-what-i-must-do-that-i-don-t-have-time-for-what-i/)

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

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> [Because Mathematicians frequently make use of Time, they ought to have a distinct idea of the meaning of that Word, otherwise they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-barrow/because-mathematicians-frequently-make-use-of-time-they-ought-to-have/)

[Isaac Barrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-barrow/)

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> [I forget whether advice be among the lost things which Ariosto says are to be found in the moon: that and time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/i-forget-whether-advice-be-among-the-lost-things-which-ariosto-says/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [Bias used to say that men ought to calculate life both as if they were fated to live a long and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogenes-laertius/bias-used-to-say-that-men-ought-to-calculate-life-both-as-if-they/)

[Diogenes Laertius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogenes-laertius/)

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> [Living in the now is freedom from all problems connected with time. You ought to remember that sentence, you ought to memorize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vernon-howard/living-in-the-now-is-freedom-from-all-problems-connected-with-time/)

[Vernon Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vernon-howard/)

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