Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) American writer
The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980), Chapter Six, Liberating Knowledge: News from the Frontiers of Science
“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, book The Angel's Game
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