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If you're alone with nothing to do, the quality of your experience really plummets.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: September 29
Professor
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
University Teacher
Fiume
Experience
Nothing
Really
Solitude
Alone
Quality

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