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Ray Bradbury Author
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"Most members of Congress are politicians. They're bores. They're damn boring. They have no imagination, and they don't know how to imagine the future."

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Shel Silverstein Poet, Songwriter, Author
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"If you have to dry the dishes (Such an awful boring chore) If you have to dry the dishes ('Stead of going to the store) If you have to dry the dishes And you drop one on the floor Maybe they won't let you Dry the dishes anymore"

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John Lennon Musician, Activist
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"It's no good having, being with people you can dominate all the time. Or being with someone who can dominate you all the time. Because either one is boring."

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Oliver Stone Filmmaker, Screenwriter
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"I'm not an activist. I'm a filmmaker. I'm a dramatist. My strength is to tell a story, to find a way to tell a story that makes it exciting. Our Untold History was a huge challenge. Snowden was no piece of cake, because writing code and breaking code is some of the most boring stuff you've ever seen."

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Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Designer, Photographer
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"There are so many third-rate people now who are more famous than people who should be famous, but sometimes people who could or should be famous are very boring, too."

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Gustave Flaubert Novelist
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"Antiquite . en tout ce qui s'y rapporte: Est poncif, embe" tant! etc. Antiquity. And everything to do with it, cliche d and boring."

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Evan Davis Journalist
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"I actually profoundly think the world's a better place when economics is fairly boring... The more boring the better."

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"That it is statistically easier for low-IQ people to kick an addiction than it is for high-IQ people...That boring activities become, perversely, much less boring if you concentrate intently on them."

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"The last time I was asked that, I said "A Year Without Spoons." Normally you get asked the same questions over and over, so it feels boring to say the same thing. But then I was like, I don't even know another essay I like. They're all good."

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