She said she felt when you write out a speech, you use far more flowery language than if you are speaking to someone and you sound stilted and boring.

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But this is less painful than wasting the time of people you are speaking to because you were boring or hard to follow.

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But if you are not careful, it can be boring and unexpressive.

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Long flights are certainly boring and stressful but they can't drive you that crazy - can they?

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Something boring or ugly is a symbol to the world that you are prepared to accept less than the best.

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However, if your viewers are consistently dumping out of your videos before they finish, you are conditioning them to turn you off and to make judgments that you may be boring them.

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If your life is less boring than mine, it can sometimes be less than clear what state you are a resident of.

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"There are a lot of things you need to explain and tell to the Western audience (that) would be considered boring" to a Chinese audience, said Jeffrey Chan, CEO of Hong Kong-based Distribution Workshop.

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