Idleness for me is not a giving up on life but a spirited grabbing hold of it.

Tom Hodgkinson
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  1. The art of living is the art of bringing dreams and reality together.

  2. Our dreams take us into other worlds, alternative realities that help us make sense of day-to-day realities.

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