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There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward... view

By: Khalil Gibran

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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness... view

By: James Thurber

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Happiness is inward, and not outward.. view

By: Henry Van Dyke

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I'm not a really good classical guitarist by any means, but what I learned from this is a way of working very slowly on solo pieces and I enjoyed working on these pieces of John's. They were not written for solo guitar but a lot of them were easy to adapt... view

By: Marc Ribot

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I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely... view

By: James Weldon Johnson

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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live... view

By: Bertrand Russell

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It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch... view

By: Thor Heyerdahl

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Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness... view

By: George Sand

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One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other... view

By: Jane Kaczmarek

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I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get... view

By: Andre Agassi

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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion... view

By: John Burroughs

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This is true enough, but success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you can't be happy as a success, it's very unlikely that you would find a deeper, truer happiness in failure... view

By: Michael Korda

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