"Don't try to 'fix' the child's boredom - rather, let the child find his or her inner resources."

-- Julia Cameron

#Children Quotes #Boredom Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The first thing Julian wanted to do in life, well, before he wanted to be an artist and then a musician, was to be a chef. He'd come home and say 'Why don't you bake cakes like my friends' mothers?' I'd say, 'Oh, Julian, go out and buy a Mary Baker cake mix and do it yourself!' That started him off! By the time he was 13, he'd disappear into the kitchen whenever we had visitors and emerge with beautiful canapes. Now he thinks nothing of cooking for ten or 15 people, and he does it so calmly.”
“One thing I was thinking about is that they probably get their come-uppance about the same percentage that people in real life do. Basically, stealing for all practical purposes might as well be legal in New York.”
“People are much less interested in what you are trying to show them than what you are trying to hide.”

Source : FaceBook post by Nassim Nicholas Taleb from Nov 11, 2013
“Sustainability is living on nature's income rather than living on its capital.”
“Eccentricity is developed monomania.”
“I went to art school and never thought I'd be a musician, but then punk rock came along in the late 70s and kind of ruined my life. So I quit art school to get involved in music and I've been doing it ever since.”
“My dad is a natural-born encourager. The last person who will ever tell you to lower your sights or give up your dream.”
“Besides all those whaling details, Moby Dick is about someone who's looking for something so huge, something they've wanted all their life, yet they know when they find it, it will kill them.”

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