“The best way to fill time is to waste it.”

Ce qui remplit le temps c'est vraiment de le perdre.
Wasting Time, from Practicalities (1987, trans. 1990).

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Ce qui remplit le temps c'est vraiment de le perdre.

La Vie matérielle, 1987

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