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You Quotes by Tom Hodgkinson
- I've never understood activity holidays since we seem to have far too much activity in our daily lives as it is. Find a culture where…
- One of the least arduous but most productive of gardening jobs, the magic of deadheading never fails to delight me. It was a revelation when…
- Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.
- The terrible thing about the Internet and Amazon is that they take the magic and happy chaos out of book shopping. The Internet might give…
- Doing something you enjoy at times of your own choosing and making a living from it: now tell me, is that work?
- In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten.
- When walking, you see things that you miss in a motor car or on the train. You give your mind space to ponder.
- Being lazy does not mean that you do not create. In fact, lying around doing nothing is an important, nay crucial, part of the creative…
- Embrace the faff. Stare out of the window. Bend paperclips. Stand in the middle of the room trying to remember what you came downstairs for.…
- I originally welcomed the mobile phone, as it seemed to me that it would enable you to work from anywhere. On the mobile, who was…
- I would like to propose slow cycling. Commute by bike. At a stroke, you remove the need for and absurd cost of public transport. Cycling…
- Indolence, of course, is an absolutely crucial part of the creative process: you do not find poets sitting in rows in cavernous word factories, staring…
- Management gurus in general are, I think, best avoided. All too often they reduce your working life to a list of rules to be followed.…
- These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: 'What do…
- Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you can…
- We can live frugally. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about. But when I put…
- Once you explore life outside of work, it becomes addictive. The less you work, the less you want to work. At first, the odd afternoon…
- If your work is done on the phone, then surely you can set up some kind of wireless system. If your work involves reading or…
- If you can find a way to make a living doing something you enjoy, or a range of things that you enjoy, then it can…
- Whether you live in the city or in the country, creating time for a leisurely ramble is an easy thing to do.
More You Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide