going through the motions

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I was going through the motions of life, instead of really living, and there's no excuse for that. It's not something I'll let happen to me again. Charles de Lint

Curiosity, especially intellectual inquisitiveness, is what separates the truly alive from those who are merely going through the motions. Tom Robbins

I don't want people to remember me going through the motions. Bobby Rahal

There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions. Rahman Baba

'The Count' wasn't a real stretch. I was doing pretty generic Bela Lugosi bad vampire on purpose. It was supposed to be lame. I didn't put fangs on; it was a guy who was just going through the motions. I drew on the widow's peak with eyebrow pencil and wore a turtleneck, not a tux. Joe Flaherty

I still felt we had some really good music on that record, but it's a shame that we couldn't make it better. And the tour was a total mess. We just had no life, no energy, and I felt we were going through the motions. Matt Cameron

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