Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.
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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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Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
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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 felt 'Gone with the Wind' would last five years, and it's lasted over 70 and into a new millennium. There is a special place in my heart for that film and Melanie. She was a remarkable character - a loving person - and because of that, she was a happy person. And Scarlett, of course, was not.
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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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Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
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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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If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.
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And hard times are good in their own way, too. Because the only way you can achieve true happiness is if you experience true sadness as well. It's all about light and shade. Balance.
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I love acting so much that I have to have that as much as I have to have my time with my kid.
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Real improvement is of slow growth only.
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Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.
