Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.
Quotes to Explore
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But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don't know... I don't believe in reincarnation at all, but if all that stuff is true, then he might have been on his last time around.
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around.
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It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art world overall. Most people who create, trade and own art do it for a much simpler reason. They just like it.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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I turned 40 on the set of the reunion show for 'Sheer Genius,' so it wasn't a hideous birthday because I had everyone on the cast and crew sing 'Happy Birthday' to me, and I won $10,000 for being the fan favorite. It was really liberating to turn 40 and realize that I felt very comfortable with myself and knew who I was.
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Flowers are happy things.
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I don't believe in happy families.
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I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything.
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No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.
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I'm just so happy to see my friends and fans in Taiwan, 'cause that's where I'm from.
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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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The chocolate and crisps come in at times. You have to allow the little things that make you happy. I'm not extreme about what I eat.
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Radium, discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898, was especially popular: the 'it' element of its day. Radium glows an eerie blue-green in the dark, giving off light for years without any apparent power source. People had never seen anything like it.
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I'm really happy and had such an amazing time performing at Super Bowl - wish I could relive it all over again.
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It started out as a light romance, but he became demanding and possessive.
Nastassja Kinski -
I have ever remarked, that when Fate has any great misfortune in store, it is always preceded by a brief period of calm and sunshine-as if to add bitterness of contrast to all other misery. It is for the happy to tremble-it is over their heads that the thunderbolt is about to burst.
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The time away from the family is the hardest part of the job. I have a little apartment in D.C., and I have to tell you, I'm happy when I get to go home to Georgia. My wife and I are also talking about whether we can afford the apartment or not. If not, I guess I'd sleep in my office like a lot of my colleagues do.
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Some people just aren't meant to be happy.
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I'm a teller of stories. I put bloody skins on my back and dance around the fire, and I say what the hunt was like. It's not erudite; it's not intellectual. I sail, run dogs, ride horses, play professional poker, and tell stories about the stuff I've been through. And I'm still a romantic; I still want Bambi to make it out of the fire.
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Arendt did have a certain snobbishness, though in some of her writing she expressed more democratic attitudes.
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Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.
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Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.
