"There is a vast world of work out there in this country, where at least 111 million people are employed in this country alone - many of whom are bored out of their minds. All day long."

-- Richard Nelson Bolles

#Country Quotes #Work Quotes #Bored Quotes

“Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off.”
“...and my loneliness, always my loneliness - that airless bubble of despair that is slowing stifling me.”
“To me, the coolest riffs are composed of two guitar parts that interlock like gears. You need both parts to make whole. I work things out on an electric that's not plugged in to make sure a good tone isn't forgiving a part that couldn't stand up naked. Only after the parts are written will I struggle to find a tone that supports the creativity.”
“All I want to be is normally insane.”
“Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it.”
“I don't believe that murders can be "solved." I think that this is the big lie of the mystery novel, that you should close the book and feel that the world is back in order and everything's all right. I want the reader to know that the world is not all right, and maybe we ought to do something about it.”

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. September 19, 2001.
“I am stronger than words and I am bigger than the box I'm in, and then I see her in the crowd and I fall apart.”
“Clinton used to like to get out of the White House a lot. He would take night trips to McDonald's, and stuff like that. I think he wanted to get out of the house.”

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