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The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of

The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war. – Norman Mailer

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Theres a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced by the sort of half sex that one finds in advertisements. – Norman Mailer

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Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists. – Norman Mailer

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Boredom
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In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. – Richard Bach

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People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. – Jeremy Collier

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Boredom

A yawn is a silent shout. – G. K. Chesterton

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Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face. – Charlotte Whitton

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In war, you win or lose, live or die – and the difference is just an eyelash. – Douglas MacArthur

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Money is always on its way somewhere. What you do with it while it is in your keeping and the direction you send it in say much about you. Your treatment of and respect for money, how you make it, and how you spend it, reflect your character. – Gary Ryan Blair

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