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...When I work with boredom, or indeed any “negative” emotion, I encourage my clients to approach it with curiosity, which in itself is a natural antidote to ennui....
...But it pioneered ZIRP — zero interest rate policy — and was long seen as an aberration, a monetary cabinet of curiosities of sorts, for doing so....
...Academics want research to be curiosity-driven, with papers in leading journals as the main output. Politicians want a more tangible economic return on taxpayers’ money....
...The bond between the two is fused not only by the responsibility of managing two important design legacies, but also by their curiosity....
...If a lack of curiosities, to borrow Frankopan’s phrase, has narrowed our worldview, then a shift in attention could give us a far more substantial sense of our shared past....
...“There is still much to discover,” he promises, his 97 years belied by an inextinguishable sense of boyish curiosity and wonder....
...While arguably some of these skills overlap (creativity and curiosity, for example), it is worth noting that they are mostly generic....
...Now 91, he’s still an inspiration: his humour and curiosity remain undimmed. It’s also an enormous treat to feature Michael Stipe....
...When I was working out what I wanted to do, I thought that a good way to explore my curiosity was to take a course....
...Her work is motivated by curiosity about materials and processes.”...
...A “third culture kid” before the term was coined, her curiosity and childhood experiences shaped her tolerance and her vocal opposition to oppression or exclusion....
...weekly missions of spycraft and sabotage — many involving eye-catching guest stars such as John Turturro, Sharon Horgan, Wagner Moura and Paul Dano — we see their initial mistrust develop into a tentative curiosity...
...The wide-ranging applications of their curiosity and playfulness shaped their immense influence on modern architecture and design. They were consummate hosts too....
...“I had always thought of curiosity as a human impulse, but it was, in fact, an animal impulse,” she goes on. “We inherited it from the birds, this need to see for oneself what the world was like.”...
...That said, he too discovered that, despite her stylistic curiosity, his new muse was only truly happy in her pink satin toe shoes....
...Rothschild bridged the most famous name in finance with an intellectual curiosity that lasted until the very end....
...Most notable is how it treats June not as a curiosity or sideshow but a woman with complex needs and a rich imagination who was treated appallingly by the school, care and justice systems....
...“They inspire conversation and switch on people’s curiosity,” says Ichikawa....
...Similarly, Sir Paul Nurse, another Nobel laureate who now leads the Francis Crick Institute in London, revealed how curiosity-driven studies of yeast cells are furnishing breast cancer therapies....
...We offer advice for prospective applicants, highlighting the importance of authenticity and curiosity; and preparations to help those admitted to make the most of their courses, including the need for prioritisation...
...For many of its 800,000-plus visitors, the Venice Biennale balances art and aspiration with curiosity about the world past and present....
...“It was like a cabinet of curiosities,” Brûlé says of his apartment’s former life, adding that when he picked up the keys, the site had not been touched in more than 30 years....
...The “accidental icon” — the title of her 2018 autobiography, which contains musings, anecdotes and observations on life and style — was never short on curiosity and bonhomie, according to the BBC....
...But that curiosity spotted long ago by Barry Phillips was well in evidence. “So Barbera and Dolcetto are grapes?” he posited (correctly), unafraid to display his ignorance....
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