Happy Quotes
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In order to be happy we must first possess inner contentment; and inner contentment doesn't come from having all we want; but rather from wanting and appreciating being grateful for all we have.
Dalai Lama
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I'm so happy to have done this, and now I can say I ran the New York City Marathon.
Caroline Wozniacki
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It's very hard to get the dynamics where two people can stimulate each other and be happy.
Elizabeth Hurley
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A happy and eternal being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being; hence he is exempt from movements of anger and partiality, for every such movement implies weakness. (1)
Epicurus
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That night we made love "the real way" which we had not yet attempted although married six months. Big mystery. No one knew where to put their leg and to this day I'm not sure we got it right. He seemed happy. You're like Venice he said beautifully. Early next day I wrote a short talk "On Defloration" which he stole and had published in a small quarterly magazine. Overall this was a characteristic interaction between us. Or should I say ideal. Neither of us had ever seen Venice.
Anne Carson
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My mother was not happy with the Afros that my friends and I emerged with - there's that crack in the book of 'Why, if a fly landed in there, he'd break his little wings trying to get out.' I was not pure dashiki, though - I was a combination of African dresses, miniskirts, tank tops, shawls, ethnic-looking earrings, sandals.
Margo Jefferson
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Everyone wanted my emotions to be very simple. They wanted me to say, "I was poor and I was unhappy, and now I've got money and I'm really happy."
Joanne Rowling
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Perhaps it's because it's incredible to meet someone and say: with this person, I'm happy.
Anna Gavalda
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Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient share of all that contributes to make life agreeable, I lift my grateful eyes towards the Supreme Being and feel that I am happy.
John James Audubon
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I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy.
Marilyn Monroe
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I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy.
Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel
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I think you have to remember to do things for the right reason. Do the right thing, so you can be happy with all your decisions and happy with how spent time in the world.
Chris Wyse
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If our condition were truly happy, we would not need diversion from thinking of it in order to make ourselves happy.
Blaise Pascal
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I was so happy every morning when I woke up that I was pissing smiley faces.
Nikki Sixx Mötley Crüe
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Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.
John Stuart Mill
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I don't see how people are comfortable with seeing other people be great. You can be happy for anybody, but what is your excuse to not want to be great? These people are great because they just say, 'I'ma do that,' and they do it. That's it. There's no scientifical process.
Kevin Hart
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I ruffle a lot of feathers. And I'm also selective - that makes you a troublemaker. But so be it. I laid a cornerstone for black actors, and that makes me happy.
Esther Rolle
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There was a time when being loaded and loved and popular really mattered a lot to me. I'd say that when I was less popular, I learned to be happy without those things.
Mike Posner
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They are doing what we ask them to do. I am really happy for them.
J. M. Roberts
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Style is luxury, and luxury is simply what makes you happy.
Deborah Needleman
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Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
Solon
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No, I'm happy doing this. Five sweaters and a pair of dirty pants, you can make pretty good money.
McLean Stevenson
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I'm very happy doing what I'm doing; I don't think I'm prepared to devote my time to politics. When I am, I'd like to give it 100%. I'm not in the frame of mind, and I'm too greedy an actor to do that.
Anupam Kher