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• I've kept journals at many times in my life starting from when I was about 13 or 14. But it's boring and contrived to keep a journal every day. Better to write as the mood strikes.

  Erica Jong

  Writing, Diaries, Mood

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• It's all very boring to say that we get along great and all that and sometimes we mock up come aggravation to make it interesting but the truth of it is that we get along so well we've never had an argument.

  Dave Edmunds

  Aggravation, Interesting, Argument

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• We have to take risks with art. If we don't, it all becomes a bit boring

  Julie Walters

  Art, Risk, Bits

  "Julie Walters criticises lack of roles for older female actors" by Matt Trueman, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2012.

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• But who wants an easy life ? It's boring !

  Jane Birkin

  Want, Easy, Easy Life

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• For too long, we’ve called unbelievers to “invite Jesus into your life.” Jesus doesn’t want to be in your life. Your life is a wreck. Jesus calls you into his life. And his life isn’t boring or purposeless or static. It’s wild and exhilarating and unpredictable.

  Russell D. Moore

  Life, Christian, Religious

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• Christianity, boring? So is television...if we don't plug in.

  Reinhard Bonnke

  Television, Christianity, Plugs

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• The only boring people I know are bored people.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  People, Bored, Knows

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• I found that Steve's passion for wildlife and willingness to lay his life on the line so exciting. What you have in our academic arena is a lot of people who are brilliant at what they do-and boring as the day is long.

  Terri Irwin

  Passion, Long, People

  "Interview with Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin - Part 4: Adrenaline Junkie?". Interview with Sarah Simpson, www.scientificamerican.com. March 26, 2001.

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• Valuing differences is what really drives synergy. Do you truly value the mental, emotional, and psychological differences among people? Or do you wish everyone would just agree with you so you could all get along? Many people mistake uniformity for unity; sameness for oneness. One word--boring! Differences should be seen as strengths, not weaknesses. They add zest to life.

  Stephen Covey

  Mistake, Emotional, Zest

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• Without the edge, [life's] boring...If you're doing something that's definitely achievable with 100% odds of success, where's the draw in that?

  Chris Guillebeau

  Odds, Draws, Ifs

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• There are so many aspects to the sport. It never gets boring because you always do something different. Maybe you train really hard on a sport climbing and get tunnel vision for a while, but as soon as you burn out a bit, you concentrate on another aspect, like traveling. You see the world through the vehicle of climbing.

  Wolfgang Gullich

  Sports, Tunnels, Climbing

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• Simple is boring, challenging is routine, impossible takes a little longer.

  Kathleen Robertson

  Simple, Simplicity, Challenges

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• Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.

  Diana Vreeland

  Fine, Vulgar, Please

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• There's something boring about people who have to go to an office for a living...

  Karl Lagerfeld

  People, Office

  "Quote of the Day: Karl Lagerfeld on Why He Won't Stop Working" by Lauren Levinson, www.elle.com. October 19, 2012.

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• The complaint that church is boring is never made by people in awe.

  R. C. Sproul

  People, Church, Made

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• The world is full of boring, identical and mindless people.

  Charles Bukowski

  People, World, Mindless

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• You can tell how boring a person is by the lack of fear in their eyes when someone is flipping through photos on their phone.

  Bill Murray

  Eye, Phones, Persons

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• I wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement.

  Timbaland

  Hip Hop, Hips, Excitement

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• The truth is, writing is this: hard and boring and occasionally great but usually not.

  Amy Poehler

  Writing, Truth Is, Hard

  Amy Poehler (2014). “Yes Please”, p.2, Pan Macmillan

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• The things keeping you back-these embarrassing, boring, stupid obstacles-are the heart of what it is to be human. They’re the whole reason for making and needing art. So you might as well go ahead and begin in whatever way you can right now.

  Miranda July

  Art, Stupid, Might

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• Perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring."
  I smile. "You don't think I'm perfect?"
  "No. You're delightfully screwy, and I wouldn't have you any other way.

  Stephanie Perkins

  Thinking, Perfect, Way

  Stephanie Perkins (2014). “Lola and the Boy Next Door”, p.14, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• Be boring. (It’s the only way to get work done.)

  Austin Kleon

  Done, Way, Work Done

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• If you pay attention, everyone is a novel. The most boring person, if you sit down and really listen, is someone interesting.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Interesting, Attention, Down And

  "Their Time Is Now". Interview with Philip Galanes, www.nytimes.com. February 7, 2014.

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• The time for boring ethical discussions around disability is over. It's only through feelings of admiration, aspiration, curiosity and envy that we can move forward.

  Viktoria Modesta

  Moving, Envy, Feelings

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• The brain doesn't pay attention to boring things.

  John Medina

  Brain, Attention, Pay

  John Medina (2014). “Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School”, p.68, Pear Press

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