Hobbies Quotes - Page 12

• Acting is my career and activism is my passionate hobby. But acting is my livelihood.

  William Baldwin

  Careers, Acting, Passionate

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Saying atheism is a belief system is like saying not going skiing is a hobby.

  Ricky Gervais

  Atheism, Belief, Skiing

  "Does God Exist? Ricky Gervais Takes Your Questions" by Ricky Gervais, blogs.wsj.com. December 22, 2010.

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• A lot of my time is spent watching films and reading scripts. And it can be all-consuming. And it's obviously something I'm fortunate that is both my work and my hobby. It's what I would naturally be doing anyway.

  Felicity Jones

  Reading, Scripts, Film

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• Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.

  Neil L. Andersen

  Inspirational, God, Mom

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• Saving the world was merely a hobby. My *vocation* has been that of
  inspector of desert water holes.

  Edward Abbey

  Water, Desert, World

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.28, RosettaBooks

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• Filling out the form: Race? Human. Religion? Paiute. Occupation? Criminal anarchy. Hobbies? Survival with honor.

  Edward Abbey

  Race, Survival, Honor

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.20, RosettaBooks

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• Wars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power.

  Fred Reed

  Peace, Children, War

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• My dad has a weird hobby; he collects empty bottles... which sounds so much better than "alcoholic."

  Stewart Francis

  Dad, Drinking, Sound

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• I really recommend that anyone who wants to write have a very physical hobby that takes you away from books and criticism, because it teaches you, it informs you, and it changes your writing.

  Jo-Ann Mapson

  Book, Writing, Criticism

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• You don't have to have a terrific voice or know how to read music. The only requirement is that you enjoy singing, fun and fellowship. And, this is a great hobby for fathers and sons to share.

  Dick Miller

  Fun, Father, Son

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• Who could be luckier than to be paid fairly well, which to be honest MPs are, for pursuing their hobby.? That's what politics is.

  David Penhaligon

  Mps, Politics, Honest

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• Be a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Don't worry to much about the fate of the world. Saving the world is only a hobby. Get out there and enjoy the world, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, husbands wives; climb mountains, run rivers, get drunk, do whatever you want to do while you can, before it's too late.

  Edward Abbey

  Running, Girlfriend, Husband

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• My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously and those who don't have the guts to sometimes say: I don't know.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  People, Quality, Sometimes

  "We still have the same disease" by Margaret Wente, www.theglobeandmail.com. September 13, 2009.

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• As a teenager I had friends who had little music studios in their bedrooms and garages. I'd go and play around; very soon, my hobby became a passion.

  Natasha Bedingfield

  Teenager, Passion, Play

  "Portrait of the artist: Natasha Bedingfield, singer". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2007.

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• When my YouTube videos started to get really big, I was like, 'Man, this is pretty sweet.' It started as my hobby, and then I started traveling and learning how to play different instruments, and then it just kind of became my life.

  Austin Mahone

  Sweet, Men, Play

  "Austin Mahone On His New Single And Summer Tour (With Taylor Swift!)". Interview With Casey Lewis, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2013.

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• As for hobbies, people with stimulating hobbies suffer from the most noxious of despairs since they are tranquilized in their despair.

  Walker Percy

  People, Suffering, Despair

  "The Moviegoer". Book by Walker Percy, 1961.

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• Women are my hobby... every man needs something to keep his hands busy, and I don't have a guitar like Eddie and Michael, or some drums to bash like Alex, so I have to find some friends.

  Diamond D

  Men, Guitar, Hands

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• Smoking is, if not my life, then at least my hobby. I love to smoke. Smoking is fun. Smoking is cool. Smoking is, as far as I am concerned, the entire point of being an adult.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Fun, Smoking, Adults

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.292, Vintage

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• Another of the things I started to do during this time was what Buddhists normally call "meditation" or, in Christian terms, "contemplative prayer". It began to supersede deipnosophy as my favorite hobby.

  Sara Maitland

  Christian, Buddhist, Prayer

  "Beyond peace and quiet" by Sara Maitland, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2008.

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• Whatever you like to do, make it a hobby and whatever the world likes to do, make it a business.

  Warren Buffett

  World, Likes

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• Once you pick up a skateboard, you'll find out that it's not a hobby, it's not a sport, it's a lifestyle.

  Lil Wayne

  Sports, Lifestyle, Picks

  "Lil Wayne focuses on business, fashion". Associated Press Interview, www.cleveland.com. June 19, 2012.

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• Mitt Romney is running for president again. That will be attempt No. 3. Well, everybody needs a hobby. He's almost certainly running, and I'm almost certainly retiring, so I don't care.

  David Letterman

  Running, President, Needs

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• I’m no part time dilettante photographer, unlike the bartenders, shoe salesmen, floorwalkers plumbers, barbers, grocery clerks and chiropractors whose great hobby is their camera. All their friends rave about what wonderful pictures they take. If they’re so good, why don’t they take pictures full—time, for a living, and make floor walking, chiropractics, etc., their hobby? But everyone wants to play it safe. They’re afraid to give up their pay checks and their security they might miss a meal.

  Weegee

  Giving Up, Play, Shoes

  Weegee (2013). “Weegee: The Autobiography (Annotated)”, p.137, BookBaby

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• The psychiatrists say that everybody should have a hobby. The hobby I recommend is advertising

  David Ogilvy

  Should Have, Advertising, Psychiatrist

  David Ogilvy (1963). “Confessions of an advertising man”, Holiday House

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• I use Pinterest for everything. Book collections, trips, hobbies. It’s all there. I planned my wedding on it. When I had a kid, I planned all his stuff on it. So it was nice to discover that I wasn’t the only one.

  Ben Silbermann

  Nice, Book, Kids

  "Ben Silbermann, Pinterest Founder And CEO, Talks Criticism, Fears". Interview with Sara Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 27, 2012.

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