The automobile changed our dress, manners, social customs, vacation habits, the shape of our cities, consumer purchasing patterns, common tastes and positions in intercourse
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And so we take a holiday, a vacation, to gain release from this bondage for a space, to stand back from the rush of things and breathe again. But a holiday is a respite, not a cure. The more we need holidays, the more certain it is that the disease has conquered us and not we it. More and more holidays just to get away from it all is a sure sign of a decaying civilization; it was one of the most obvious marks of the breakdown of the Roman empire. It is a symptom that we haven't learned how to live so as to re-create ourselves in our work instead of being sapped by it. A car should always be charging its battery as it runs. If it simply uses up without putting back, it has to go into dock to be recharged. It is not a sign that we are running particularly well if we are constantly needing to go into dock.
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Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.
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My dad gave up a vacation in Florida for this.Trust me, for him that's amazing.
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Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach... it pisses me off! I'll go over to a little baby and say 'What are you doing here? You haven't worked a day in your life!'
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I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation.
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For a while we pondered whether to take a vacation or get a divorce. We decided that a trip to Bermuda is over in two weeks, but a divorce is something you always have.
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A real friend is someone who takes a winter vacation on a sun-drenched beach and does not send a card.
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A little boy asked his mother why the minister got a month's vacation while his dad only got two weeks. The mother answered, 'Well, son, if he's a good minister, he needs it. If he isn't, the congregation needs it.'
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With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.
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A vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work.
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You will have more fun on your vacation if you maintain a mental age of 18 or less. Act just old enough to make your travel connections and stay out of trouble.
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A vacation should be just long enough that you're boss misses you, and not long enough for him to discover how well he can get along without you.
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For one mother, joy is the quiet pleasure found in gently rubbing shampoo into her young child's hair. For another woman it's taking a long walk alone, while for yet another it's reviling in a much -- anticipated vacation.
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A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by mother, who sees that the others get it.
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A man calls a lawyer's office. The phone is answered, 'Schwartz, Schwartz, Schwartz and Schwartz.' The man says, 'Let me talk to Mr. Schwartz.' 'I'm sorry, he's on vacation.' 'Then let me talk to Mr. Schwartz.' 'He's on a big case, not available for a wee
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The alternative to a vacation is to stay home and tip every third person you see.
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The rainy days a man saves for usually seem to arrive during his vacation.
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Vacation is what you take when you can't take what you've been taking any longer.
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Laughter is an instant vacation
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No one needs a vacation more than the person who just had one.
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My worst day of vacation has always been better than my best day at work.
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Laughter is an instant vacation.
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Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation.
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