"Congenial labor is essence of happiness."

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A. C. Benson

#Work Quotes #Essence Quotes #Labor Quotes

“A viable new feminism must directly confront the realm of practice.”
“Your genetics load the gun. Your lifestyle pulls the trigger.”
“Happiness is the overall experience of pleasure and meaning”

Source : Tal Ben-Shahar (2002). “The Question of Happiness: On Finding Meaning, Pleasure, and the Ultimate Currency”, p.18, iUniverse
“Who are you?" "No one of consequence." "I must know." "Get used to disappointment.”
“The average man doesn't wish to be told that it is a bull or a bear market. What he desires is to be told specifically which particular stock to buy or sell. He wants to get something for nothing. He does not wish to work. He doesn't even wish to have to think.”
“The difficulties of living in a secular risk culture are compounded by the importance of lifestyle choices.”

Source : Anthony Giddens (2013). “Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age”, p.188, John Wiley & Sons
“When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing.”
“People will get tired of overly retouched images soon and they'll want something different. If people have too much reality, they want fantasy. What matters most is what the image communicates. I remember the first roll of film I shot at high school, the contact sheet went from these really worthy images of cracks in the wall and ended up with all of my dancer friends naked in Renaissance poses.”

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