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• The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

  Anatole France

  Inspirational, Thank You, Education

  Anatole France (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Anatole France (Illustrated)”, p.120, Delphi Classics

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• The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to be fleshed out. The rewrite is very satisfying.

  Ken Follett

  Fun, Research, Firsts

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• I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there's something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it's not something that you're in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience.

  Carrie Fisher

  Powerful, Writing, Sometimes

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. September 13, 2011.

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• I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.'

  Alan Dershowitz

  Tombstone, Boring

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• Life may not always fall into neat chapters, and you may not always get the satisfying ending you're looking for, but sometimes a good explanation is all the rewrite you need.

  Harlan Coben

  Fall, Needs, May

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• Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.

  George Clooney

  Acting

  "What Drives George Clooney". Interview with David Gergen, parade.com. September 25, 2011.

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• In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.

  Samuel Butler

  Circles, Squares, People

  Samuel Butler (1950). “The Essential Samuel Butler”

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• The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.

  Tom Brokaw

  Book, Generations, Greatest Generation

  "Tom Brokaw signs on for two more books". www.today.com. January 31, 2005.

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• Big stuff and little: learning how to order breakfast in a country where I don't speak the language and haven't been before - that's really satisfying to me. I like that.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Country, Order, Breakfast

  "Anthony Bourdain Talks ‘No Reservations,’ ‘Hunger Games’ And The Death Of Angry Bobby Flay" by Maggie Furlong, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2012.

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• One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays.

  Vivien Leigh

  Thinking, Play, Greater

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• For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, exciting and satisfying.

  Doris Lessing

  Work, Age, Lasts

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• The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.

  Thomas Sowell

  Way, Economy, Explanation

  Thomas Sowell (1996). “Knowledge And Decisions”, p.97, Basic Books

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• Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.

  Gail Sheehy

  Light, Doors, Skills

  Gail Sheehy (2011). “New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time”, p.198, Ballantine Books

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• It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

  Carl Sagan

  Death, Witty, Atheist

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.32, Ballantine Books

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• I love doing laundry! It's so satisfying. I love the way it smells. I love doing the sheets.

  Keri Russell

  Smell, Way, Laundry

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I get so happy when I write a joke. It's a very satisfying, liberating feeling.

  Rita Rudner

  Writing, Feelings, Jokes

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• I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society.We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it?

  J. K. Rowling

  Our Society, Judgment, Term

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• I always felt really guilty if I spent too much time playing video games. It's a colossal waste of time. And I can't say it's a very satisfying feeling at the end of the day, if you've spent eight hours playing a video game; you just end up feeling kind of spent, and used.

  John C. Reilly

  Eight, Games, Feelings

  "Interview: John C. Reilly On His Animated Anti-Hero 'Wreck-It Ralph'". Interview with Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. October 31, 2012.

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• A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end.

  Chaim Potok

  Writing, Fiction, Shapes

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• There's nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help in any way I can, even if it's just by signing an autograph. A child's smile is worth more than all the money in the world.

  Lionel Messi

  Children, World, Way

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• Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true. The smarter you are, the better prepared you are to make decisions in your life, the more likely you are to lead a satisfying life and be glamorous and fun and anything you want to be.

  Danica McKellar

  Girl, Fun, Mistake

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  My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

  Malcolm X

  Life, Education, Book

  Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.187, Ballantine Books

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• I think 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy has a very satisfying ending, and there's not really that deep of a mythological construct.

  Damon Lindelof

  Thinking, Lord, Trilogies

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• Yoga carves you into a different person - and that is satisfying physically.

  Adam Levine

  Yoga, Different, Persons

  "Yoga for Men: Adam Levine, Rocker Yogi". Interview with Dana Meltzer Zepeda, www.womenshealthmag.com. June 24, 2008.

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• I will say that walking down the street, getting on the subway, taking the elevator, if there's one or two people and they say, 'Great job, Mayor,' that is a real turn-on. I mean, anybody that wouldn't find that satisfying, rewarding, exciting, thrilling - I think they should see the doctor.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Jobs, Real, Mean

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