Leisure Activities Quotes

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  The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

  William Hazlitt

  Life, Attitude, Action

  William Hazlitt (1848). “The Miscellaneous Works”, p.199

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• My hobbies and leisure activities include cars and golf.

  Michael Strahan

  Golf, Car, Hobbies

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• The more we do, the more we can do.

  William Hazlitt

  Life Changing, Famous Motivational, Positive Thoughts

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1846, Delphi Classics

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• How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.

  Branch Rickey

  Use, Problem, Leisure Time

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• Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being that of Nature, which in these latitudes leaves men no choice between labor and starvation.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Life, Success, Nature

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• Art matters. It is not simply a leisure activity for the privileged or a hobby for the eccentric. It is a practical good for the world. The work of the artist is an expression of hope - it is homage to the value of human life, and it is vital to society. Art is a sacred expression of human creativity that shares the same ontological ground as all human work. Art, along with all work is the ordering of creation toward the intention of the creator.

  Michael Gungor

  Art, Creativity, Expression

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• People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Sports, Cycling, People

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• Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.

  Mortimer Adler

  Friendship, Lost Friend, Form

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• Something about her suggested that her leisure activities included wrestling large woodland animals and banging bricks together.

  Maureen Johnson

  Wrestling, Animal, Together

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.16, Penguin

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• The trouble with the Internet is that it's replacing masturbation as a leisure activity.

  Patrick Murray

  Computer, Internet, Trouble

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• I spend a lot of time talking to people who disagree with me - I would go so far as to say that it's my favourite leisure activity.

  Ben Goldacre

  Talking, People, Favourite

  Ben Goldacre (2008). “Bad Science”, p.8, HarperCollins UK

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• The critical question for our generation—and for every generation— is this: If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven, if Christ were not there?

  John Piper

  Our Generation, Heaven, Generations

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• Companies have long gathered data to break down their customer base into specific segments. Now political parties have become adept at micro-targeting, too, using data on shopping habits, leisure activities, voting histories, charity donations, and so on, in order to pinpoint likely supporters and the type of appeal most likely to win them over.

  James Surowiecki

  Party, Winning, Order

  "Calculating Campaigns". www.newyorker.com. September 24, 2012.

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• In New York, the principal leisure activity is internal bleeding.

  Richard Jeni

  New York, Bleeding, Internals

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