Bette Davis Quotes
You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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When I am behind and I am looking ahead and there is that line in front of you, of that guy, of winning and losing, then I really hang it out there and take big risks to make the speed up, and then I'm pretty good at passing.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.
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I think a lot of guys who are on the Internet a lot, they're kind of anesthetized to some of the violent language and all that because they see it all the time.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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Whatever life may really be, it is to us an abstraction: for the word is a generalised term to signify that which is common to all animals and plants, and which is not directly operative in the inorganic world.
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Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
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There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
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The Lakers are family. My kids don't have to switch schools. Little things like that are important. People don't think about things like that. I feel like something special is going to happen in this town.
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Oddly, a search for 'jeggings' in my email inbox shows that my first exposure to the phenomenon came from - wait for it - Mike Allen of 'Politico,' who helpfully explained the concept on December 20, 2009.
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I'm much more shy than most of my family.
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Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.
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The people who I grew up making music with, we've all grown up and become successful in different ways. My manager supported me since I was 16 and believed in me as a musician. He's been there since Day 1, and there's so much to be said about doing something with people that you love.
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Know your own happiness.
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It was good that Jim put this in writing, ... It puts Tony's mind at ease and certainly mine as well.
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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
