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I'm a real bore.


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The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
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He was not only a bore; he bored for England.


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I love not knowing what's going to happen next. With work, you never know. You rehearse and strive and get it right sometimes, and still you never know. Some people are like that with their marriages. They work and strive and labour and toil at them. God, what a bore! What an unromantic bore!
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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.


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When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.
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Even when it comes to zippers and buttons, Italy reigns supreme. The luxury market is ours, as demonstrated by the voracity with which various foreign conglomerates are buying up the jewels of our manufacturing sector.
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I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.


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Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.


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Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore.


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The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
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