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The Piano Teacher (1988)
“Tis the first art of kings, the power to suffer hate.”
ars prima regni est posse invidiam pati.
Seneca the Younger Hercules Furens
Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), lines 353; (Lycus)
Alternate translation: To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power (translator unknown).
Tragedies
Theo Jansen (1948) artist
Theo Jansen, quoted in: " 2015 International Kinetic Art Exhibit & Symposium - Boynton Beach, FL, USA http://intlkineticartevent.org/?page_id=107," 2015
Max Beckmann (1884–1950) German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer
1930s, On my Painting (1938)
Nigel Cumberland (1967) British author and leadership coach
page 210 <br class="br">Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), Successful Recruitment in a Week (2012) https://books.google.ae/books?idp24GkAsgjGEC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIGjAA#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, Managing Teams in a Week (2013) https://books.google.ae/books?idqZjO9_ov74EC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIIDAB#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, Secrets of Success at Work – 50 techniques to excel (2014) https://books.google.ae/books?id4S7vAgAAQBAJ&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIJjAC#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse <br class="br">Context: It is not just a question of needing courage to do something. There may also be a cost of not acting in the first place and sometimes doing nothing is not an option, with the challenge being to minimize the potential risks of any choice you do make.
“One cannot alter a condition with the same mind set that created it in the first place.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variant: Problems cannot be solved with the same mind set that created them.
Ysabella Brave (1979) American singer
"Undercover" (11 September 2008) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8WiZZikJNk
“Wikipedia is the first place I go when I'm looking for knowledge… or when I want to create some.”
Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor
“Passion is like suffering, and like suffering it creates its object.”
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), XI : The Practical Problem
Context: Passion is like suffering, and like suffering it creates its object. It is easier for the fire to find something to burn than for something combustible to find the fire.
