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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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There are four stages in a marriage. First theres the affair, then the marriage, then children and finally the fourth stage, without which you cannot know a woman, the divorce. – Norman Mailer

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A mental disease has swept the planet: banalization presented with the alternative of love or a garbage disposal unit, young people of all countries have chosen the garbage disposal unit. – Ivan Chtcheglov

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Whats wrong with being a boring kind of guy? – George Bush

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Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The things to avoid is being a bore to oneself. – Gerald Brenan

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Perhaps the worlds second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. – Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton

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