Daisaku Ikeda Quotes
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I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.
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I think my thing is that... I don't know. And that's why I don't wanna sing about 'This is me, this is who I am' because, like, even the question, 'Tell me about yourself' - what are you supposed to say? 'Ooh, I'm a happy girl, but I'm sad, too'? People are so complex.
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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'm happier on the runway than I am on the red carpet. Because then I am not being myself. I think, on the red carpet, it's a weird, like, 'Who am I? Am I me? Am I them?'
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We can do things that are very, very simple to us that can have a huge impact on others.
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When life catches up with us, we all need space to dream and indulge, so I have created my own special range of bath & beauty loveliness to help you find your happy place.
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Whenever I get an audition to do something that is sci-fi-related, it makes me really happy because I realize that I can continue doing the work that I'm doing and continue meeting people all over the world. It does baffle my management team sometimes, though!
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If I can stay constantly busy, I'll be happy.
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I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
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I've always wanted to create shoes that were positive and happy.
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I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that's what I studied in college. That's what I always wanted to do.
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It is such a gift to be able to write songs in general, but when you can share it with somebody, it is just such a pleasure. It is such a happy moment when you finish a song, and you are just like, 'Wow - that was great.'
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I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection.
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My mother was pragmatic, focused and extremely, exceedingly practical, and she was the ultimate self-determining person.
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The fact is, everything we want or yearn for is won through other people. No man on an island is happy; he is merely existing. The joyous life is the one filled with rich relationships.
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There is not a separate God for each person. There is one universal intelligence flowing through all of us.
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Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.
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My childhood was a happy one. I was captain of the school sports team and played cricket after class. I had five younger siblings and a large loving family that lived together. We are still very close.
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The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play lousy, and in my program, feel lousy. To me it's about: How good can we be.
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I just try to live a really simple, natural life, because obviously, life has an impact on your voice.
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Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.
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Nobody on my staff is on salary. The money goes straight to the charities.
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A nasty letter or a sarcastic one can make you righteously angry, but what can you do about a polite letter of rejection? Nothing, really, except cry.
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A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.
