"There's something about [cyclically] doing something over and over and over that seems to be particularly demotivating."

-- Dan Ariely

“What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be short sighted as to not be able to see the outcome. The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.”
“Aside from the collective gain that comes from that free interchange of ideas, there is a direct personal value for the individual concerned. Each of us should have the right to speak his thoughts and to hear the thoughts of others...”
“Lowly, with a broken neck, The crocus lays her cheek to mire.”
“The wrong of unshapely things is a wrong too great to be told; I hunger to build them anew and sit on a green knoll apart....”
“By believing yourÂ work is a 'gift,' it radically changes what you create.Â I think this is a revolutionary idea.Â It's no longer about client approval or a paycheck, but aspiring to make work that has meaning and purpose in your life and for your audience.”
“I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.”
“You gotta be able to explain things to yourself when the lights go off and you get in the bed. You gotta deal with you at the end of the day.”
“He [Cassius Clay] became a Black Muslim, which is a pseudo-religion for unbright neurotics who feel the need to hate all white people.”

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