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There is nothing boring in life except ourselves.

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There is nothing boring in life except ourselves.

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Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.

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Do nothing for effect. Do it for truth.

Nadia Boulanger Composer

False notes can be forgiven, false music cannot.

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Music was not invented by the composer, but found.

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What if we choose not to do the things we are supposed to do? The principal gain is a sense of an authentic act - and an authentic life. It may be a short one, but it is an authentic one, and that's a lot better than those short lives full of boredom. The principal loss is security. Another is respect from the community. But you gain the respect of another community, the one that is worth having the respect of.

Joseph Campbell Writer

Down time is where we become ourselves... a hiatus that passes for boredom but is really the quiet moving of the wheels inside that fuel creativity.

Anna Quindlen Author

Want and boredom are indeed the twin poles of human life.

Arthur Schopenhauer Philosopher

Conclusion 1: Boredom= Flared tempers= hard words

Bisco Hatori Artist

one sank into the ancient sin of anomie when challenges failed.

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Boredom is not black licorice, Snicket," she said. "There's no reason to share it with me.

Daniel Handler Author

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