“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.”

—  Will Rogers

Daily Telegram #1172, Will Rogers Sees No Value In All The Time We Save (28 April 1930)
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American humorist and entertainer 1879–1935

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