"We treat our future selves as though they were our children, spending most of the hours of most of our days constructing tomorrows that we hope will make them happy"

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Source : Daniel Gilbert (2006). “Stumbling on Happiness”, p.13, Vintage

Daniel Gilbert

#Children Quotes #Self Quotes #Tomorrow Quotes

“Television and movies just take so long. If you pitch a show or develop a project, it can be a year before your show even gets on the air, if it gets picked up. Just the concept of "I had this idea" and within a week it was in the world, that was a part of why it felt weirdly empowering as a performer.”
“I want to get out in the community and make sure everyone knows I'm not some renegade driver that's out there and irresponsible and reckless. I really think this is just a one-time thing. You live and learn. If you do the crime, you do the time, so to speak. With that said, I got a lot going for me. I got a great job, a great career, a great family. This is just a little bump in the road. My spirit's not broke. I'm not down and out by any means.”
“The Buddha never intended to make desire itself the problem. When he said craving causes suffering, he was referring not to our natural inclination as living beings to have wants and needs, but to our habit of clinging to experience that must, by nature, pass away.”
“My finances have been decimated by a group of people, such as my ex-attorney, my ex-business manager, and an estate planner, specifically. And they have conspired together to - to co-op my corporations, put in trustees without my knowledge.”

Source : "VIDEO: Randy Quaid: Evi and I 'Cannot Function'" by Lindsay Powers, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 5, 2010.
“It's easier to shape a child than to repair an adult.”

Source : Tony Evans (2014). “Raising Kingdom Kids: Giving Your Child a Living Faith”, p.15, Tyndale House
“Consciousness, much like our feelings, is based on a representation of the body and how it changes when reacting to certain stimuli. Self-image would be unthinkable without this representation.”
“the pearl-grey city, the opal that is Paris ...”
“I believe that one should not think too much about nature when painting, at least not during the painting's conception. The colour sketch should be made exactly as one has perceived things in nature. But personal feeling is the main thing.”

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