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• It was so satisfying for me - a great reward, just to see it done well. And it was beautifully directed by my daughter Susan Riskin. Imagine, a play about my mother directed by my daughter?!

  Fay Wray

  Mother Daughter, Play, My Daughter

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• And this is a kiss like none before, a kiss that could overcome the dark of deep space night. It's a falling star, flame, ice. It's pure as water from a snow-fed mountain spring. This is what you dream a kiss to be. To have a kiss just like this each and every day! How satisfying life would be.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Dream, Stars, Spring

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• Human intelligence was more trouble than it was worth. It was more destructive than creative, more confusing than revealing, more discouraging than satisfying, more spiteful than charitable.

  Michael Crichton

  Creative, Confusing, Trouble

  Michael Crichton (2012). “The Andromeda Strain”, p.194, Vintage

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• While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those in control. Yet in our offices and our classrooms we have way too much compliance and way too little engagement. The former might get you through the day, but only the latter will get you through the night.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Night, Office, Survival

  Daniel H. Pink (2011). “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us”, p.110, Penguin

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• Wayde yelled, and I hit him again, adrenaline pulling a scream of outrage from me. He went quiet, and I held my breath to make sure I could hear him breathing. I suppose I could have used my magic on him, but this was a lot more satisfying.

  Kim Harrison

  Breathing, Magic, Quiet

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• Count Olaf sounds like an awful person. I hope he is torn apart by wild animals someday. Wouldn't that be satisfying?

  Daniel Handler

  Animal, Sound, Torn Apart

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• true Christians consider themselves not as satisfying some rigorous creditor, but as discharging a debt of gratitude

  William Wilberforce

  Christian, Gratitude, Debt

  William Wilberforce, Kevin Belmonte, Garth M. Rosell, Charles Colson (2006). “A Practical View of Christianity”, p.255, Hendrickson Publishers

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• I wipe my face with my sleeve, laughing so hard my stomach hurts. If my entire life is like this, loud laughter and bold action and the kind of exhaustion you feel after a hard but satisfying day, I will be content.

  Veronica Roth

  Hurt, Laughter, Laughing So Hard

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.77, Harper Collins

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• There’s only one thing worse than not satisfying a desire. And that is not to feel any desire.

  Jo Nesbo

  Desire, Feels, One Thing

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• She was learning, quite late, what many people around her appeared to have known since childhood that life can be perfectly satisfying without major achievements.

  Alice Munro

  People, Achievement, Childhood

  FaceBook post by Alice Munro from Dec 10, 2015

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• Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. Nor is this a source of dismay; a lost cause can be as spiritually satisfying as a victory.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Art, Goal, Victory

  Robert A Heinlein (1966). “Moon Is Harsh Mistres”, Berkley

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• Being happy or unhappy - is that really the most important thing? Knowing the truth would be a different kind of happiness - a more satisfying kind, I think, even if it turned out to be a sad kind.

  Ira Levin

  Thinking, Knowing, Important

  Ira Levin (2011). “This Perfect Day”, p.114, Open Road Media

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• Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement, a sense of belonging, recognition, self-esteem, a feeling of control over one's life, and the ability to live up to one's ideals. Such feelings touch us deeply and elicit a powerful response.

  John P. Kotter

  Leadership, Motivation, Powerful

  John P. Kotter (1999). “John P. Kotter on what Leaders Really Do”, p.60, Harvard Business Press

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• Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises.

  Aristotle

  Money, Guarantees That, Desire

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• Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.

  Doug Larson

  Inspirational, Funny, Children

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• "The true essence of humankind is kindness. There are other qualities which come from education or knowledge, but it is essential, if one wishes to be a genuine human being and impart satisfying meaning to one's existence, to have a good heart."

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Kindness, Heart

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• The reason welfare is bad is not because it costs too much, nor because it "undermines the work ethic," but because it is intrinsically at odds with the way human beings come to live satisfying lives.

  Charles A. Murray

  Odds, Work Ethic, Liberty

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• There's nothing confessional about crafting and shaping a story out of a lived life. In fact, it's quite the opposite - the writer has to be able to transcend the life, to see it as if standing outside of it, in order to be able to make something of it. There's something enormously satisfying and gratifying about crafting something, taking all that chaos and giving it shape.

  Dani Shapiro

  Order, Opposites, Giving

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The most satisfying and ecstatic faith is almost purely agnostic. It trusts absolutely without professing to know at all.

  H. L. Mencken

  Agnostic, Ecstatic, Knows

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.89, Vintage

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• This or something better now manifests for me in totally satisfying and harmonious ways, for the highest good of all concerned.

  Shakti Gawain

  Way, Affirmation, Something Better

  Shakti Gawain (2015). “The Shakti Gawain Essentials: 3 Books in 1: Creative Visualization, Living in the Light & Developing Intuition”, p.23, Mango Media Inc.

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• My favorite Knicks moment was when we beat Indiana in Game 7 to reach the NBA Finals. We worked so hard as a team to reach that moment that it was very satisfying to beat Indiana and reach the Finals.

  John Starks

  Basketball, Team, Nba Finals

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• The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all.

  Bob Cousy

  Basketball, Awards, Mvp

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• A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. There is nothing more satisfying than that sense of being completely "at home" in your own skin. When you achieve that as a natural state of "being", then you can finally look beyond yourself and fully contribute all your talents to the world.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational Life, Home, Men

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• Human behaviour reveals uniformities which constitute natural laws. If these uniformities did not exist, then there would be neither social science nor political economy, and even the study of history would largely be useless. In effect, if the future actions of men having nothing in common with their past actions, our knowledge of them, although possibly satisfying our curiosity by way of an interesting story, would be entirely useless to us as a guide in life.

  Vilfredo Pareto

  Knowledge, Science, Men

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• In our daily life, we encounter people we are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying ere is so their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Work, Anger, People

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