bored by

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What I adore is supreme professionalism. I'm bored by writers who can write only when it's raining. Noël Coward

People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilisation. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilisation; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater. Kenneth Clark

I met Jack Kennedy in November, 1946 ... We went out on a double date and it turned out to be a fair evening for me. I seduced a girl who would have been bored by a diamond as big as the Ritz. Norman Mailer

A true scientist is bored by knowledge; it is the assault on ignorance that motivates him - the mysteries that previous discoveries have revealed. Matt Ridley

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest. Roger Ebert

Long before the empire had reached its greatest extent, the Romans were bored by it. Pierre Stephen Robert Payne

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