"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."

Boredom, Moments, Possibilities

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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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"There's a rebirth that goes on with us continuously as human beings. I don't understand, personally, how you can be bored. I can understand how you can be depressed, but I just don't understand boredom."

Dustin Hoffman, American Actor

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"Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again."

Jerome Lawrence, American Playwright

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"Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom."

Anatole France, French Novelist

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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."

Quentin Crisp, English Writer

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"The corporate outings were fun, but after doing them for 25 years, they got to be a little old hat."

Tom Kite, American Athlete

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"The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

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"Without much ardor but quite unmistakably, she was writhing her hips as if she were dancing. When he was very close, he saw' her gaping mouth: she was yawning lengthily, insatiably: the great open hole was rocking gently atop die mechanically dancing body. Jean-Marc thought: she's dancing and she's bored.He reached the seawall: down below, on the beach, he saw men with their heads thrown back releasing kites into the air. They were doing it with passion, and Jean-Marc recalled his old theory: there are three kinds of boredom: passive boredom: the girl dancing and yawning; active boredom: kite-lovers; and rebellious boredom: young people burning cars and smashing shop windows."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

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"Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"My own business always bores me to death, I prefer other people's."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom."

Peter Straub, American Writer

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