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• Society cannot do without cultivated men. As soon as the first wants are satisfied, the higher wants become imperative.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Society, Culture

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters”, p.15, London S. Low, Son & Marston 1870.

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• I read once that [Pablo] Picasso felt if an artist ever felt totally satisfied with a work she ceased to be an artist. With that in mind, it seems like goals are a terrible idea then.

  Milo

  Artist, Ideas, Goal

  Source: blog.ourvinyl.tv

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• I encourage playfulness and experimentation with both the camera and subject matter. Sometimes there is an obvious perspective, but it is important never to be satisfied with that.

  Michael Kenna

  Perspective, Important, Matter

  Source: www.smh.com.au

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• My advice to any budding artist is never to be satisfied with imitating others. This is but a means to an end. A serious artist will work with intensity to discover themselves, their own personal vision. I believe this is a fundamental aspect of the creative path.

  Michael Kenna

  Believe, Mean, Artist

  Source: www.smh.com.au

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• No matter at what speed I move forward, I am never satisfied.

  Narendra Modi

  Moving, Matter, Speed

  "Development is my conviction, it's my commitment: PM Narendra Modi". www.narendramodi.in. June 27, 2016.

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• If you are curious, you won't be satisfied with the "tyranny of custom." People stuck in that rut might say "why?" and the first thing an exploratory person would say is "why not?"

  John Medina

  People, Why Not, Might

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• No great power is ever satisfied with its sphere of influence. They never are.

  Daniel Fried

  Sphere Of Influence, Spheres, Great Power

  Source: www.politico.com

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• Self-confidence is confidence in the Atma; it is an unwavering love for the Divinity within you. That is very important. What will help you to develop that confidence? Be equalminded, be satisfied with what you have. Be happy.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Self Confidence, Important, Divinity

  Source: souljourns.net

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• Without satisfaction, you cannot have compassion. You have to be satisfied souls, then your compassion will act.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Yoga

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• Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Doe, Ears

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• Once human beings realize something can be done, they're not satisfied until they've done it.

  Frank Herbert

  Science, Being Real, Done

  Frank Herbert (2014). “The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert”, p.149, Macmillan

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• The easiest thing is to make sure you feel happy and satisfied in this moment. Setting long term goals is much more effort taking, but at the same time much more fulfilling.

  Denis Waitley

  Encouragement, Long, Goal

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• The moment love is equated with happiness, it is satisfied — and is no longer love. The satisfied, the happy ones, do not love; they fall asleep in habit, near neighbor to annihilation.

  Miguel de Unamuno

  Fall, Have A Great Day, Neighbor

  "The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations".

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• A stone that looks satisfied with its position reflects the sense of ease the waller felt when placing it there.

  Dan Snow

  Looks, Ease, Stones

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• There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveler, who says anywhere but here.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Want Something, Sick, Different

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2368, Delphi Classics

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• Ask courageous questions. Do not be satisfied with superficial answers.

  Carl Sagan

  Answers, Courageous, Superficial

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• Once a need is satisfied, it is no longer a motivator. Satisfaction does not increase motivation

  Zig Ziglar

  Motivation, Doe, Needs

  Zig Ziglar, Krish Dhanam, Bryan Flanagan, Jim Savage (2004). “Top Performance: How to Develop Excellence in Yourself and Others”, p.189, Revell

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• Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.

  Zhuangzi

  Nature, Doe

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• Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts - only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.

  Raquel Welch

  Successful, Ideas, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Do not be satisfied with the speech of your lips and the thought in your heart, all the promises and good sayings in your mouth, and all the good thoughts in your heart; rather you must arise and do!

  Menachem Mendel of Kotzk

  Heart, Promise, Mouths

  "The Season of the Witch: Le Couer Dechire" by Etienne De Mendes, (p. 545), 2008.

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• No man can be satisfied with his attainment, although he may be satisfied with his circumstances.

  Frank Arthur Swinnerton

  Men, May, Circumstances

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• Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never satisfied with our situation; maybe that is what's taken us so far.

  Joan D. Vinge

  Taken, Unique, Earth

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• Reason is a terrible trap because you will be satisfied with answers. And if you are satisfied with answers, you'll never come to know what life really is.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Buddhism, Answers

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• Never be satisfied with a first draft. In fact, never be satisfied with your own stuff at all, until you're certain it's as good as your finite powers can enable it to be.

  Rose Tremain

  Writing, Stuff, Firsts

  "Ten rules for writing fiction (part two)". www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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• The best way to have your people be happy and satisfied is to earn the right to have them come back to work for you the next day, knowing that there are tons of other places.

  Maynard Webb

  Next Day, Knowing, People

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