There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

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About Woody Allen

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Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian. In a career spanning more than seven decades, he has written for film, television, and theater. As a screenwriter, Allen holds the record of most wins (3) and nominations (16) for the Academy...

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I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.

It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work… I want to achieve it through not dying.

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Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.

More quotations tagged with “boredom”

I don't know how to have casual conversation. You think you're talking about one thing, and either you are and it's incredibly boring, or you're not because it's subtext and you need a decoder ring.

—Sir Anthony Hawkins

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[S]he refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring.

—Zelda Fitzgerald

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

—William Shakespeare

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

—William Shakespeare

The secret of being boring is to say everything.

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