“I don't have hobbies; hobbies cost money. Interests are quite free.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
“As for hobbies, people with stimulating hobbies suffer from the most noxious of despairs since they are tranquilized in their despair.”
— Walker Percy, book The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer (1961)
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