Reading is the unbelievably healthy way _x000D_ my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. _x000D_ Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to _x000D_ make contact with reality after a day of making things up.
Nora EphronRead
I'm very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it.
Interpretation
Identifying your passions allows you to engage more deeply and effectively in what you love.
Nora Ephron's quote emphasizes the importance of understanding one's passions and interests. By recognizing what you truly love to do, you can invest your time and energy into those activities, leading to greater fulfillment and success in both your personal and professional life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing careers that match personal interests.
Reading is the unbelievably healthy way _x000D_ my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. _x000D_ Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to _x000D_ make contact with reality after a day of making things up.
Reading makes me feel I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. ... Reading is bliss.
I just want to go on making movies, and some of them will be completely meaningless, except, of course, to me.
Every so often I would look at my women friends who were happily married and didn't cook, and I would always find myself wondering how they did it. Would anyone love me if I couldn't cook? I always thought cooking was part of the package: Step right up, it's Rachel Samstat, she's bright, she's funny and she can cook!
Marriages come and go, but divorce is forever.
What I love about cooking is that after a hard day, there is something comforting about the fact that if you melt butter and add flour and then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing! It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure; it has a mathematical certainty in a world where those of us who long for some kind of certainty are forced to settle for crossword puzzles.
I've learned you don't always listen to your agents and managers. Sometimes they know nothing.
To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.
There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, and it's up to you how you respond to it.
"Great suffering has a silver-lining that we can be grateful for, because it builds up a human being and puts him or her within reach of self-knowledge."
That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.
Wisdom consists in knowing what not to want as well as what to want.
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