Harry Dean Stanton Quotes
I'm just dealing with what's happening, with what is. Joy, happiness, good, bad, all those terms are meaningless to me.
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We never thought 'Say Something' would be a holiday song. I'm still surprised that it's resonating at this time of year. Maybe that's why it's working so well - it balances out all the joy.
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'American Horror Story' is dark, so you shouldn't be expecting too much happiness.
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Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
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Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.
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I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
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I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy.
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When someone turns to me and addresses me as 'our Queen', that word means a lot to me because it makes me feel that they know my life is theirs. My joy is their joy. My worries are their worries. If the word 'queen' means something to me, 'our queen' means everything to me.
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Then said a Second - 'Ne'er a peevish Boy Would break the Bowl from which he drank in joy, And He that with his hand the Vessel made Will surely not in after Wrath destroy'.
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If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. … I cannot tell if I would have done any creative work of importance in music, but I do know that I get most joy in life out of my violin.
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The joy of puppetry is that it is very simple and low-fi, which I love.
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This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for.
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I truly am living out what true joy and happiness means.
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I was so afraid to make mistakes and get reprimanded by my coaches that the joy of the sport started slipping away.
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There are seasons in life. Don't ever let anyone try to deny you the joy of one season because they believe you should stay in another season... Listen to yourself. Trust your instincts. Keep your perspective.
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If atheism solved all human woe, then the Soviet Union would have been an empire of joy and dancing bunnies instead of the land of corpses.
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The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.
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Never, never, never can I say I had a frustrating childhood. It was all joy. Mother used to say she never had seen such a happy child - that I awakened each morning with a smile. I don’t remember that, but I do remember that I never wanted to go to bed, to go to sleep, for fear I’d miss something.
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The pleasures that give most joy are the ones that most rarely come.
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For me, I just want to continue telling stories - whether it's musically or theatrically, this is what I love to do. So, I want to create more.
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I associated excellence in writing with New York City.
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Everybody has haters.
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Nicholas Anelka - 24 years of age but he's been around a lot longer than that
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I'm just dealing with what's happening, with what is. Joy, happiness, good, bad, all those terms are meaningless to me.
