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If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress. – David Rockefeller

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I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years. – David Rockefeller

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I owe much to mother. She had an experts understanding, but also approached art emotionally. – David Rockefeller

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I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved. – Soren Kierkegaard

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He that is discontented in one place will seldom be content in another. – Aesop

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Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment. – Robert Herrick

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Every thought derives from a thwarted sensation. – E. M. Cioran

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