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Monday, June 17th, 2024
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11

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Quotations regarding 'Busyness'

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When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busyness takes over.

George Carey, English Clergyman (1935- )

If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy - and without consciousness.

Gunther Grass, German Author (1927- )

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.

Gore Vidal, American Novelist (1925- )

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