#ratify

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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It doesn't really change, actually. I think The Rolling Stones have gotten a lot better. An awful lot better, I think. A lot of people don't, but I think they have, and to me that's gratifying. It's worth it. ↗

— Charlie Watts

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So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories. ↗

— John Williams

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In fact it's quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their use of it. ↗

— Derek Bailey

#fact #gratifying #in fact #me #method

What does it mean to be the best? It means you have to be better than the number two guy. But what gratification is there in that? He's a loser—that’s why he's number two. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

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In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us. ↗

— David Mamet

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