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"It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom."
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"It's precisely in those moments when I don't know what to do, boredom drives one to try a host of possibilities to either get somewhere or not get anywhere."
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"What we colloquially call 'feeling bored' is just the mind, acting out of a self-preserving reflex, ejecting information it has despaired of knowing where to place."
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"Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom."
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"I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities."
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"Writer's block is the greatest side effect of boredom."
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"Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press."
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"One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me."
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"The corporate outings were fun, but after doing them for 25 years, they got to be a little old hat."
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"It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom."
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"Being unprepared heightens nerves."
Being

"I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying."
Self

"The mind of the performer is a very strange thing."
Mind

"Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you."
Day

"I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student."
Being

"Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing."
Singing

"Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom."
Boredom

"Control of vibrato helps your musical expression."
Control

"I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special."
Difference
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