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Boredom comes from a boring mind.
Boredom comes from a boring mind.
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The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.
The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.
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Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
Soren Kierkegaard:
Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
Soren Kierkegaard:
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very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.
very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.
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Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.
On Photography
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.
On Photography
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Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.
Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.
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All kinds are good except the kind that bores you.
All kinds are good except the kind that bores you.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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Good things, when short, are twice as good.
Good things, when short, are twice as good.
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Whatever advice you give, be brief.
Whatever advice you give, be brief.
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To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself...Anybody can have ideas--the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph.
To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself...Anybody can have ideas--the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph.
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notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any other vice.
notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them - then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart. An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any other vice.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.
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conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.
conservative, but I'm not a nut about it.
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This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end.
This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end.
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As Luce reminded me, he said, without data, without facts, without information, the discussions about public education mean that a person is just another opinion. (September 9, 2003)
As Luce reminded me, he said, without data, without facts, without information, the discussions about public education mean that a person is just another opinion. (September 9, 2003)
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There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee...that says, fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me...you can't get fooled again. [9/17/2002]
There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee...that says, fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me...you can't get fooled again. [9/17/2002]
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Our nation must come together to unite.
Our nation must come together to unite.
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It's exciting; I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes.
It's exciting; I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes.
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