Bert Leston Taylor quotes
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“A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.”
-- Bert Leston TaylorSource : The So-Called Human Race (1922) p. 163
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“Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.”
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Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.43, Courier Corporation
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“The main thing I got from growing up in a suburb is the boredom you have as a child.”
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“Boredom is actually the most plentiful substance in the universe.”
Source : Amber Dermont (2012). “The Starboard Sea: A Novel”, p.63, Macmillan
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“The way to recognize a dead word is that it exudes boredom.”
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“We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.”
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