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• You entertain people who are satisfied. Hungry people can't be entertained - or people who are afraid. You can't entertain a man who has no food.

  Bob Marley

  Men, People, Hungry

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• The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Book, Novelists, Truth Is

  "The Conversation - Kurosawa and Garcia Marquez". articles.latimes.com. June 23, 1991.

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• I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true. We aren't satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Believe, Book, Secret

  "Gabriel Garcia Marquez Meets Ernest Hemingway" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, www.nytimes.com. July 26, 1981.

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• There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.

  Golda Meir

  Men, Average, Doubt

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• It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.

  Joyce Meyer

  People, Want, Seems

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• Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian's relationship with God. It's how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they're not satisfied with their prayer life.

  Joyce Meyer

  Christian, Prayer, Numbers

  "How to Pray: Teaching Children to Talk to God" by Joyce Meyer, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 3, 2012.

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• I won't be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me. Of course, that doesn't mean I want them to stop looking.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Mean, People, Want

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• Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Inspirational, Business, Believe

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• Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Food, Power, Men

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• You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Anger, Sunset, Discipline

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• Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.

  Nancy Pearcey

  People, Competition, Mediocrity

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• The well-satisfied customer will bring the repeat sale that counts.

  James Cash Penney

  Customer Experience, Satisfied Customers, Wells

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• Sometimes when a record's done, I'm satisfied and I won't listen back to it for a while 'cause I'm usually pretty tired of the songs. Then I've got to learn them again to play them live, and sometimes it takes a while to realise it's a really good record.

  Joe Perry

  Song, Tired, Play

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• I wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to death.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Bored, Comedy, Feels

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• An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.

  Sidney Poitier

  Numbers, Directors, Cost

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• In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government.

  Lucy Powell

  Government, Scotland, Voters

  "A good night for Labour - phew!" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2008.

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• Motherhood was my career. I'm totally satisfied with that.

  Ann Romney

  Motherhood, Careers, Being A Mom

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• Don't waste time trying to break a man's heart; be satisfied if you can just manage to chip it in a brand new place.

  Helen Rowland

  Broken Heart, Heartbroken, Men

  Irvin S. Cobb, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Helen Rowland, Richard Saunders (2017). “We Should All Be So Feminine: We Should All Be a Feminist: We Should All Be Feminists”, p.69, Lulu.com

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• Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

  Bertrand Russell

  Fear, Believe, Animal

  Unpopular Essays (1950) "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish"

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• I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do.

  Paul Simon

  Jobs, Thinking, Majority

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• A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

  Sivananda

  Love, Peace, Buddhist

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• Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.

  Samuel Smiles

  Moving On, Success, Perseverance

  Samuel Smiles (2014). “Self-Help”, p.52, Cambridge University Press

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• Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never ­being satisfied.

  Zadie Smith

  Writing, Sadness, Hands

  "Zadie Smith's rules for writers" by Zadie Smith, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2010.

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• This whole thing about reality television to me is really indicative of America saying we're not satisfied just watching television, we want to star in our own TV shows. We want you to discover us and put us in your own TV show, and we want television to be about us, finally.

  Steven Spielberg

  Stars, Reality, America

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• I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge - and many people go to Bible studies and don't realize it isn't enough to know what's right, it's applying the information and the knowledge that you have.

  Charles Stanley

  Christian, Biblical, Thinking

  "Dr. Charles Stanley: Learning to Walk Wisely". Interview with Craig von Buseck, www.cbn.com.

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