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" I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way. "
Hedy Lamarr
Boredom
I Can
Way
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" If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers. "
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" Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one. "
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" Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15. "
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" I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode. "
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" I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it. "
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