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

Anatole France, French Novelist

Boredom, Despair, Humanity, Lies

"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

Boredom, Rebirth

"Boredom is rage spread thin."

Paul Tillich, German Theologian

Boredom,

"Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism."

Wendell Phillips, American Activist

Boredom, Criticism

"Tedium and boredom are related, but not identical. Tedium comes from a person lacking an ideology to live by; the dulling fear fomented in the soul after confronting the paucity of life."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Boredom, Ideology, Soul, Fear

"The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself."

John Mortimer, English Novelist

Boredom, Validity, Writing

"Boredom and ineffective attempts to escape tedium are the perpetual lot of humankind."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Boredom, Life, Escape, Struggle

"Sooner barbarity than boredom."

Theophile Gautier, French Poet

Boredom,

"Even boredom has its crises."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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"There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings."

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"The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right."

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

"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."

"Boredom is rage spread thin."

"Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism."

"Tedium and boredom are related, but not identical. Tedium comes from a person lacking an ideology to live by; the dulling fear fomented in the soul after confronting the paucity of life."

"The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself."

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"Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors."

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