Daniel Gilbert Quotes
The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I'm happy to sacrifice a big pay cheque for my happiness, if that's not too corny a thing to say. It's probably more naive than mature to say that, maybe, but that's how I feel.
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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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I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.
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I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
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Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.
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I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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Growing up, there were no families on TV that looked like mine.
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I like a sort of androgynous look, but I also love feminine shapes.
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Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
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Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesn't have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It's too expensive otherwise.
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I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.
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If he speaks again without me knowing who he is, I will throw him out of the window. And I won't open it first.
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I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.
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I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you're going to be a step up.
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The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.
