Bertrand Russell Quotes
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.
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I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
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The good thing is I didn't feel like anyone was going to judge me on 'Glee.'
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I'm so happy and thankful I made it a point be a stay-at-home mom.
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I didn't grow up with a lot of babies in my life because I only grew up with my parents - I didn't have any brothers or sisters - and I didn't have my family close by.
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The other deals with my life and my livelihood and my family and all that I stand for.
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If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.
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I feel like I've made good friends with people I've worked with, but in terms of lasting inspiration, it is probably Matthew Vaughn who directed 'Kingsman' who's been really supportive, loyal to me, and been a really good person to work with.
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That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
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It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only so many actors to go around, which is good for us.
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I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.
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I never had any social life, just played the piano and studied, studied, studied.
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I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.
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There is a way to share an insight into your personal life without being classless, which is what I'm trying to do.
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To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.
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Though he was not a reader himself, my father understood that reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.
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Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
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If there are places where I didn't feel comfortable with the particular politics, then I just couldn't do a concert there.
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When I wear Chanel, I feel like I'm not just wearing clothes: I'm wearing Chanel.
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I still enjoy watching films more than making them.
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There's a wire injected under my skin a few days before an event and connected to that is a wireless transmitter. That device communicates my blood-glucose levels to the receiver unit, which is mounted above my steering wheel.
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Like Scarlett O'Hara, I won't be broke again.
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The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
