Formerly...when he tried to do anything for the good of everybody, for humanity...for the whole village, he had noticed that the thoughts of it were agreeable, but the activity itself was always unsatisfactory; there was no full assurance that the work was really necessary, and the activity itself, which at first seemed so great, ever lessened and lessened till it vanished. But now...when he began to confine himself more and more to living for himself, though he no longer felt any joy at the thought of his activity, he felt confident that his work was necessary, saw that it progressed far better than formerly, and that it was always growing more and more.
Leo TolstoyStichwörter: advice satisfaction
The Director's Role: You are the obstetrician. You are not the parent of this child we call the play. You are present at its birth for clinical reasons, like a doctor or midwife. Your job most of the time is simply to do no harm.
When something does go wrong, however, your awareness that something is awry--and your clinical intervention to correct it--can determine whether the child will thrive or suffer, live or die.
Stichwörter: advice theatre directing
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Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later; he may be with his real girlfriend.
Amy SedarisStichwörter: life advice love men women romance relationships jewelry dating affairs
My mother always said 'Don't bother other people.' I think that's good advice.
Amy SedarisStichwörter: life advice mothers
Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.
Scott DikkersStichwörter: humor advice religion atheism childhood parenting kids santa
If you are going to worry, don't do it. If you do it, don't worry.
Michael NolanStichwörter: advice
The question is always the answer, provided you want the answer badly enough.
Barbara HamblyNever have children, only grandchildren.
Gore VidalStichwörter: advice
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six , result happiness.
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery
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Oh, Mona, we're all damned fools! Some of us just have more fun with it than others. Loosen up, dear! Don't be so afraid to cry . . . or laugh, for that matter. Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you're a damned fool!
Armistead MaupinStichwörter: advice ataraxy self-confidence
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