Quote #38
Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
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- Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of d…
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- I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time and it has made a man of me.