Play makes a human being! Work just means you don't have to feel guilty about playing, which I don't feel much anyway. Mainly work means I don't have to suffer the taunts of my friends who wonder why I'm playing as hard as I do! (Samuel R. Delany)

Play makes a human being! Work just means you don't have to feel guilty about playing, which I don't feel much anyway. Mainly work means I don't have to suffer the taunts of my friends who wonder why I'm playing as hard as I do!

Samuel R. Delany

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