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• The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.

  Bertrand Russell

  Thinking, Punishment, Belief

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Unpopular Essays”, p.144, Routledge

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• Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying.

  Ingmar Bergman

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Differences

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Women today are dealing with both their independence and also the fact that their lives are built around finding and satisfying the romantic models we grew up with.

  Jane Campion

  Romantic, Independence, Today

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• The most satisfying project you will ever undertake-and a mark of a complete human being-is to discover how to build a sense of happiness that no one can take away from you.

  Deepak Chopra

  Projects, Away From You, Mark

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• When we dare to doubt what we are told and take a fresh look at what's going on, we are in for lots of pleasant and fascinating and useful surprises. A new and more satisfying way of life begins to open up, just by noticing what we see.

  Douglas Harding

  Doubt, Looks, Way

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• If you don't provide a product that is satisfying people, no matter what your ideology, they tell you to take a hike.

  Bill O'Reilly

  People, Matter, Ideology

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace.

  Alan Moore

  Peace, War, Men

  Alan Moore (1987). “Watchmen”, Dc Comics

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• There is no satisfying the senses, not even with a shower of money. "The senses are of slight pleasure and really suffering." When a wise man has realised this, he takes no pleasure, as a disciple of the Buddhas, even in the pleasures of heaven. Instead he takes pleasure in the elimination of craving.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wise, Buddhist, Money

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• He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Father, World, Satisfaction

  "Fables". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, III. 1, 1668 - 1679.

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• The pleasure of satisfying a savage instinct, undomesticated by the ego, is uncomparably much more intense than the one of satisfying a tamed instinct. The reason is becoming the enemy that prevents us from a lot of possibilities of pleasure.

  Sigmund Freud

  Ego, Enemy, Savages

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• The greatest feeling you can get in a gym or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is the pump. It feels fantastic. It's as satisfying to me as cumming is, you know, as in having sex with a woman and cumming. So can you believe how much I am in heaven? I am like getting the feeling of cumming in the gym; I'm getting the feeling of cumming at home; I'm getting the feeling of cumming backstage; when I pump up, when I pose out in front of 5000 people I get the same feeling, so I am cumming day and night. It's terrific, right? So you know, I am in heaven.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Sex, Real, Believe

  "Pumping Iron". Documentary, Sport, www.imdb.com. 1977.

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• Teachers, who are really good create that environment where you can be very satisfied by the process of learning. If you do something and you find it a very satisfying experience then you want to do more of it. The great teachers somehow convey in their very attitude and their words and their actions and everything they do that this is an important thing you're learning. You end up wanting to do more of it and more of it and more of it. That's a real talent some people have to convey the importance of that and to reflect it back to the students.

  Jeff Bezos

  Teacher, Attitude, Real

  "King of Cyber-Commerce". The Academy of Achievemnt Interview, www.achievement.org. May 4, 2001.

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• I love theatre. It's far more satisfying than film. Sometimes there's a collective sigh from the audience, or it's so quiet you can hear a pin drop. I couldn't believe how easy acting was when there's an audience; after a few previews I almost couldn't do it without one.

  Katie Leung

  Believe, Theatre, Acting

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• She found out that having something to do prevented you from feeling seasick, and that even a job like scrubbing a deck could be satisfying, if it was done in a seamanlike way. She was very taken with this notion, and later on she folded the blankets on her bunk in a seamanlike way, and put her possessions in the closet in a seamanlike way, and used 'stow' instead of 'tidy' for the process of doing so. After two days at sea, Lyra decided that this was the life for her.

  Philip Pullman

  Inspirational, Funny, Jobs

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• Nothing is more satisfying than to write a good sentence. It is no fun to write lumpishly, dully, in prose the reader must plod through like wet sand. But it is a pleasure to achieve, if one can, a clear running prose that is simple yet full of surprises. This does not just happen. It requires skill, hard work, a good ear, and continued practice.

  Barbara Tuchman

  Running, Fun, Hard Work

  Barbara W. Tuchman (2011). “Practicing History: Selected Essays”, p.48, Random House

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• The counter-argument would be, so what if my sexual relationships are superficial, one can still have satisfying and rewarding relationships with friends, or parents, or siblings, or whatever.

  Chester Brown

  Sibling, Parent, What If

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• Everything is vain and tortures the spirit instead of calming and satisfying it.

  Johann Georg Hamann

  Spirit, Calming, Vain

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• Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.

  Primo Levi

  Nature, Gossip, Relief

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• I'm always nervous taking on a period role because it's difficult to research - you can't observe it, go out and see it. But it's satisfying because eventually you think, 'I got there.

  Shirley Henderson

  Thinking, Roles, Research

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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  Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes hollow.

  Alan Turing

  People, Feel Good, Satisfaction

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• Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfying and balanced life.

  Ellen Stern

  Believe, Love Yourself, Heart

  Ellen Sue Stern (1991). “The Indispensable Woman”, Bantam

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• Dining with one's friends and beloved family is certainly one of life's primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal.

  Julia Child

  Thanksgiving, Food, Soul

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• The O. Henry has become lingua franca among writers for saying, 'That guy can write a story.' It's prestigious, respected, coveted, dreamed about. It's very satisfying to be included in this group of writers. Here's a koan: Could O. Henry win an O. Henry?

  Tony D'Souza

  Writing, Winning, Guy

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• . . . nothing could touch the strength of my love, and the thoughts of my beloved. Had I known then that my wife was dead, I think that I still would have given myself, undisturbed by that knowledge, to the contemplation of that image, and that my mental conversation with her would have been just as vivid and just as satisfying. "Set me like a seal upon thy heart, love is as strong as death."

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Strong, Heart, Love Is

  Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.36, Beacon Press

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• To focus on discipline is to ignore the real problem: We will never be able to get students (or anyone else) to be in good order if, day after day, we try to force them to do what they do not find satisfying.

  William Glasser

  Real, Order, Discipline

  William Glasser, M.D. (2010). “Choice Theory in the Classroom”, p.13, Harper Collins

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