My friend devotes himself to ...

My friend devotes himself to his life, whenever he can find the spare time. His motto is: 'Don't just sit there: live!' So he's too busy to stand, to walk, to do anything, except to live. He even refused to kiss a girl, when invited, on the grounds that it was time again to be living. Schedules are sacred to him.
 Marvin L. Cohen

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I've gradually risen from lower-class background to lower-class foreground.
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