“If, as an actor, you allow yourself to be cocooned from the boring pin-pricks of day-to-day existence - like standing in a queue at the butcher's or any of the other dreary little events that we all have in our daily lives - you begin to lose your lifeline to what people are. And if you lose that, you eventually lose the ability to act.” PeopleIfsLittlesActorsLosesAbilityExistenceEventsStandingBoringDaily LifeDay To DayPinsDrearyButchersQueuesLifelines Author:Glenda Jackson
“The rules for reading yourself to sleep are easier to follow than are the rules for staying awake while reading. Get into bed in a comfortable position, make sure the light is inadequate enough to cause slight eyestrain, choose a book that is either terribly difficult or terribly boring-in any event, one that you do not really care whether you read or not-and you will be asleep in a few minutes. Those who are experts in relaxing with a book do not have to wait for nightfall. A comfortable chair in the library will do any time” BookEnoughLightCareReadingCausesWaitingDifficultSleepMinutesEventsPositionEasierBedComfortableLibraryBoringAwakeExpertsChairsStayingInadequateNightfall Book:How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading Source: How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
“I realized that my book readings were boring me. I was going to go up there and read a passage and sleepwalk through the whole event and I needed to make it more interesting. I wanted to be running and jumping and do something so that the event would be so exciting. I had to trick myself into having fun every time.” BookWholeWould BeRunningWantedReadingFunInterestingEventsNeededExcitingBoringI RealizedTricksHaving FunPassagesJumpingBook Reading Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“It's true that laptop performances can be boring for the audience. The problem is, the organizers of events are still putting us on the classic "rock stage," instead of trying to find new ways to present the music.” WayTryingStillsProblemAudienceRocksStageEventsPerformancesBoringClassicNew WaysLaptopsOrganizerClassic Rock Author:Christian Fennesz
“I have lost weight because my events are so exciting. When I'm done I don't want to eat.But I could see how it could go the other way for some people. That's only because their events are boring.” PeopleWayWantDoneLostEventsWeightExcitingBoring Author:Donald Trump