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"Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always."

Guy Debord, French Writer

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"Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always."

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"I really don't want to go in a place and to repeat the stuff like to watch Limitless all day, one moment I get bored I need to focus on something else."

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"Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always."

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