"One thing that unfortunately I do miss out on is that sort of quiet time where I can think about something I want to write ... where, if I'm bored, I'm flipping open Word and punching something out, " he said.

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Even though I'm bored silly, I'm still better off than your typical laid-off garment worker.

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I'm bored of this song I downloaded yesterday.

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"I've yet to have a day where I'm bored in this job, " he said.

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"I don't know how operas are supposed to be, but I do know when I'm bored, " Mr. Shanley says.

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Ms. DANIELLE PLETKA (American Enterprise Institute): The president is still the president, and the likelihood of him saying to any new secretary of defense - you know what, I'm bored with all this stuff, you go in a different direction, let me know how it works out for you - is not very great.

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"I'm not at all bored, " he says.

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"I get bored so easily I just have to make sure I'm doing something different, " he says.

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"Jersey Shore" didn't end because New Jersey residents complained about the negative depiction, especially of Italian-Americans. (I'm half Italian so I was keenly aware of this issue.) No, the shows ended when America got bored with seeing people covered in self-tanner get drunk and hook up in a hot tub or punch each other in a Seaside Beach bar.

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