"If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure."

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"They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure."

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"The act of fishing " for fish, dreams or whatever magic is available " is enough."

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"Borkin: Ladies and gentlemen, why are you so glum? Sitting there like a jury after it's been sworn in! ... Let's think up something. What would you like? Forfeits, tug of war, catch, dancing, fireworks?"

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

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"Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does."

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"Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure."

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"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."

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"The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent - I name no names. It takes all sorts to make a world."

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"A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away."

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"I've cut down on a lot of stuff this summer, just so I can hang out and be a normal kid for a while."

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