205 Quotes About Hobbies

  • Author Haruki Murakami
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    Some people get a kick out of reading railway timetables and that's all they do all day. Some people make huge model boats out of matchsticks. So what's wrong if there happens to be one guy in the world who enjoys trying to understand you?""Kind of like a hobby?" she said, amused."Yeah I guess you could call it a hobby. Most normal people would call it friendship or love or something, but if you want to call it a hobby, that's OK too.

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  • Author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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    It is such an agreeable feeling to be busy with something one is only half-competent to do that nobody should criticize the dilettante for taking up an art he will never learn, or blame the artist who leaves the territory of his own art for the pleasure of trying himself in a neighbouring one.

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  • Author N.M. Silber
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    I wanted to develop some hobbies. So far, I hadn’t really developed any, but I did have a growing collection of empty wine bottles. That could be a hobby. And I had bookmarked several articles on making your own soap. In case, you know, soap ever wasn’t readily available.

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  • Author Melody Lee
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    Get hobbies ExperimentBe interested in various things But stay true to your values Realize though, as you growThose values may change and that is okay As long as you are following your heart And not what others want or expect Because then you are not being true to you.

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  • Author Walker Percy
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    As for hobbies, people with stimulating hobbies suffer from the most noxious of despairs since they are tranquilized in their despair.

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