The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.

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About Nancy Astor

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Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. Astor was born in Danville, Virginia, and raised in Greenwood, Virginia. Her first marriage, to...

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I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them.

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.

The only thing I like about rich people is their money.

The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - or nothing.

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Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

—Gerald Brenan

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I like life. It's something to do.

—Ronnie Shakes

Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don't know why, and if we do find out why, it's decades later and knowing why doesn't matter any more.

—Douglas Coupland in All Families are Psychotic

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

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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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