Spending time

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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

Annie Dillard

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Topic

Spending time Days How we live Life

Author

Annie Dillard

Source

The Writing Life

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Dillard, Annie. The Writing Life. Harper & Row, 1989.

To fill the hour—that is happiness.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: Second Series (Emerson)

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Topic

Happiness Killing time Spending time

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Experience Essays: Second Series (Emerson)

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1844 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Experience." Essays: Second Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1844.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Experience (1844)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

The flowers withered,
Their color faded away,
While meaninglessly
I spent my days in the world
And the long rains were falling.

Ono no Komachi

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Topic

Wasting time Spending time Passage of time

Author

Ono no Komachi

Source

Kokin Wakashu

Medium

Poem

Language

Japanese

Time

914 910s 10th century

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Original Citation

Ono no Komachi. Kokinshu [Kokin Wakashu]. c. 914.

Current Citation

Ono no Komachi. "Kokinshu." Anthology of Japanese Literature, edited by Donald Keene. Vol. 1, Grove Press, 1994.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

Gandalf

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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Topic

Spending time How to live Making the most Time

Speaker

Gandalf

Actor

Ian McKellen

Source

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Fantasy (film) Epic Fantasy

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Directed by Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema/WingNut Films, 2001.

Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Susan Ertz

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Topic

Spending time Rainy days Sunday Eternal life

Author

Susan Ertz

Source

Anger in the Sky

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Ertz, Susan. Anger in the Sky. Harper & Brothers/Hodder & Stoughton, 1943.

Oh, what a day-to-day business life is.

Jules Laforgue

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Topic

Nature of life Spending time Passage of time Life

Author

Jules Laforgue

Source

Les Complaintes

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Laforgue, Jules. "Complainte sur certains ennuis." Les Complaintes. Paris: Léon Vanier, 1885.