Alice MunroI can't play bridge. I don't play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn't seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window.
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Many people dislike the idea of looking out the window, but Stephen Hawking says that there is time in each day to do things that you like. He says that when people learn how to take the time to look out a window or get involved with something that they enjoy, then there is all the time in the world for learning and achieving new goals.
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