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Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year? ↗

— Horace

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If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about. ↗

— Alfred P. Sloan

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How often do you find yourself saying, “In a minute”, “I’ll get to it” or “Tomorrow’s good enough” and every other possible excuse in the book? Compare it with how often you decide it’s got to be done, so let’s get on and do it! That should tell you just how serious your procrastinating problem really is. ↗

— Stephen Richards

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Both positive and negative thinking are contagious. ↗

— Stephen Richards

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The problem with procrastination is it’s been around since the beginning of time it seems. ↗

— Stephen Richards

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I think so long as fossil fuels are cheap, people will use them and it will postpone a movement towards new technologies. ↗

— Paul Krugman

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Trips to the dentist - I like to postpone that kind of thing. ↗

— Johnny Depp

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