Joy Quotes
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'There is more joy in giving than in receiving.' Never doubt the truth of our Lord's promise that whatever we give him of our creativity, our resources, our persons, will come back to us in abundance.
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Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and guiding their career and bringing them to some type of status - there's joy in that.
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When I first started, my message was about joy, but I didn't really have the vocabulary and life experience to fully deliver it.
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I guess I don't think there's any reason to feel guilty about having joy in your life, regardless of how bad things are in the world.
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Lasting joy is found not in what you get, but in what you give.
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If you set out to write an adjective novel, you're setting out to write a mediocre novel; your allegiance is to the adjective, not to the story, and then that just sucks all the joy right out of it.
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It's not easy being Hugh Jackman, but he wears the attention better than anyone I've ever met. He treats every person he meets the same and finds joy in everything he does. The lesson I've learned is that if you work incredibly hard, and you're nice to everybody, you'll be fine.
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'Don't waste your life, Tom.' 'I think I already have, father.' 'You're just young. It seems like that when you're young. Life's nothing but joy or misery when you're young.'
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I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
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I love writing on trains. The joy of being a writer is it's all in your head; you don't need materials apart from the laptop. It's like taking your work home with you, so you can feel grounded in your own insane writerly realities wherever you are.
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I didn't feel the kind of joy every day playing drums that I thought you were supposed to feel.
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The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC.
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In Athens I was 17 and I didn't have any expectations. I was just swimming fast and racing everybody. I didn't have the joy after my races in 2007. I didn't want to go to Beijing. I had to for sponsors.
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My people are in the world again. No sorrow will live in my heart as long as that joy - save one, and I thank you for that, too.
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Not to be able to move around or do things without thinking - that's tough. I may end up that way, but if I do, I hope to hell my intellect will take over, and I'll find some kind of joy and a way to contribute.
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You always trade blood for joy. It’s always a deal struck in the wet and the dark. Al didn’t make the rules. He just dances to the song that’s playing.
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All joy... emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings.
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The passion and beauty and joy of science is that we humans have invented a process to understand the universe in a way that is true for everyone. We are finding universal truths.
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The moment I finish 'any' book, my feels are pretty much the same. Goes a little something like this: It's done? Whimper. Tears of joy. Oh, my back. Relief! Shower! Food! Sleep! Oh, my back. You mean I get to catch up on my favorite TV shows? Tears of joy. Oh, my back.
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"I hope to bring joy to everyone and I want to carefully see the faces of each and every one of you. I Don't know if you'll feel this or not but I hope you will be happy."
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I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.
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When I wrote 'Home Safe,' I wanted to look at a number of things: the mystery and joy and pain of creativity. What happens when a vital safety net is suddenly removed. The difficulty some people have in growing up. The way a deep love can be as crippling as it is satisfying. But mostly, I wanted to look at the mother-daughter relationship.
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The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that gives us our own small satisfactions.
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Every bit of joy in my heart, you know, every smile on my face is yours. It's awesome to be able to share that with somebody.
