I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.
– Shelby Foote
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- He supposed that, except musicians, every one thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore. – Henry Adams
- Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. – Gerald Brenan
- Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength. – Billy Graham
- Silent tears are the worst. It’s the sign of a broken spirit. No sound, no residual emotions… just tears. Silent, unstoppable tears. – NR Walker
- An idea? An idea won’t get you nothing but another idea. You need money, cash, to make anything happen in this doggone world. – Nathan McCall
- And our tears are an expression of that which we cannot express. Tears are perfect prayer. – Ronald Chapman
- I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world’s still there. (Leonard Shelby, Memento) – Christopher Nolan
- You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea. – Benazir Bhutto
- my dearin an idea, by an idea, living through in idea, we are our own prisoners . – litymunshi
- Everyone has an idea. But it’s really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you work on the idea. – Jack Dorsey
- I abhor the supreme folly of those who blame the disciples of nature in defiance of those masters who were themselves her pupils – Leonardo da Vinci
- Calcutta has still not recovered from history: people mourn the past, and abhor it deeply. – Amit Chaudhuri
- And I, a twister, love, what I abhor. – John Wain
- There is time to compromise. There is time to absolutely abhor d word. Most times it is the latter. Compromise is mediocrity. Compromise is cheap. – Une Ameji
- How may I hate that which I love with such intensity of passion? How should I abhor that for which my every drop of blood is boiling? – Ludwig Tieck
- I love Hitler for his leadership, but I abhor his actions. – MF Moonzajer
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- Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. – Vince Lombardi Jr
- There is no perfect condition so now is the perfect time and today is the perfect day to take action. – Debasish Mridha
- Why should I be perfect.. when I’m already imperfectly perfect. And that’s what is unique and perfect about me. – Abhishek Kumar
- I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next. (Leonard Shelby, Memento) – Christopher Nolan
- Shelby watched the books burn. She wonders if words are pouring down on other people’s houses,sad words, like beast and mourn and sorrow and mother. – Alice Hoffman
- As he becomes self-conscious, he’s no longer part of nature. – John Shelby Spong
- What the mind cannot accept, the heart can finally never adore. – John Shelby Spong
- I’m not sure sex qualifies as R and R, but it’s a compromise I can live with. – Shelby Morgen
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- True confessions are written with tears only. But my tears would drown the world, as my inner fire would reduce it to ashes. – Emil M Cioran
- There is nothing in the world more powerful than an idea. No weapon can destroy it, no power can conquer it except the power of another idea. – James Roysmith
- They were perfectly suited. They would speak of books the livelong day and night and bore everyone else but themselves to distraction. – Loretta Chase
- Maybe I should love someone mundane and let them bore me to death. – Ahmed Mostafa
- I listen’d, motionless and still;And, as I mounted up the hill,The music in my heart I bore,Long after it was heard no more. – William Wordsworth
- Life is for living and working at. If you find anything or anybody a bore, the fault is in yourself. – Elizabeth I
- And at the closing of the dayShe loosed the chain, and down she lay;The broad stream bore her far away,The Lady of Shallot. – Alfred Tennyson
- Lincoln bore down or anything he handled, mastering both the details and the principles. – Richard Brookhiser
- I fear that I bore you with these details, but I have to let you see my little difficulties, if you are to understand the situation. – Arthur Conan Doyle
- Don’t bore the universe. – Anas Khan Tech Savvy
- Your life have to be filled with interesting tales that it should not bore your grandchildren, when you tell them someday. – Pradeepa Pandiyan
- Bravery could only be found inside of fear. So she bore the feeling. After all, it was just a feeling. – CM Rayne