Naomi Alderman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

When we learn to TOLERATE boredom, we find out who we really are.
-- Naomi Alderman

#Boredom #Tolerate
What is freedom, in the end, but that no one cares any longer to try to restrain us?
-- Naomi Alderman

#Trying #Care #No One Cares
Our body is there right now. You did not have to earn a thing. It is a gift. You are a hero every time you step out of your front door to do some exercise.
-- Naomi Alderman

#Hero #Exercise #Doors

We try to 'self-medicate' ourselves against boredom with mobile phones in any given moment of free time.
Boredom or being sick of what you've done before is a big part of being in a band.
Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in general. Sheer boredom...
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.
No, I don't tolerate pressure from anyone about anything.
A leaky faucet, a barking dog-those are things you tolerate.
We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.
I don't think Americans would tolerate profiling.
The one thing ... maybe no family could tolerate was things coming out into the open.

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