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To Spend Time Is To Pass It In A Specified Manner. To Waste Time Is To Expend It Thoughtlessly Or Carelessly. We All Have Time To Either Spend Or Waste And It Is Our Decision What To Do With It. But Once Passed, It Is Gone Forever.

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To Spend Time Is

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To Spend Time Is To Pass It In A Specified Manner. To Waste Time Is To Expend It Thoughtlessly Or Carelessly. We All Have Time To Either Spend Or Waste And It Is Our Decision What To Do With It. But Once Passed, It Is Gone Forever.

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In Order To Realize Our True Self We Must Be Willing To Live Without Being Dependent Upon The Opinion Of Others.

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Don't Ignore The Five Senses In Search Of A Sixth.

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The Core Of Understanding Lies In The Individual Mind, And Until That Is Touched Everything Is Uncertain And Superficial. Truth Cannot Be Perceived Until We Come To Fully Understand Our Potential And Ourselves. After All, Knowledge In The Martial Arts Ultimately Means Self-knowledge.

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