The Meaning of Leisure
"| EISURE is no medicament at all unless you enjoy it. It should absorb just enough of your attention to make you forget your worries; but not so much of your attention as to prevent your mind from resting. That is what I consider the important function of leisure; not doing nothing, as that means that you brood; but doing something different that makes the blood flow from the congested cells of your brain into other empty cells. I find myself that the best relief from work is to do some different sort of work.’-Harold Nicolson, author and politician, speaking in a BBC programme.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 24, Issue 623, 8 June 1951, Page 8
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107The Meaning of Leisure New Zealand Listener, Volume 24, Issue 623, 8 June 1951, Page 8
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