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“Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.”
“The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no more.”
“He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.”
“Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.”
“Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam... and I'm not happy ...”
“I had a teacher at school who said, 'We are going to do a play next year, and you're in it.' He said, 'You should try out for the Royal Academy as an actor.' I did and got in. I was 17. My mum wasn...”
“Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or what others do or don't do control us. We can decide to ...”
“While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how co...”
“We need to reach that happy stage of our development when differences and diversity are not seen as sources of division and distrust, but of strength and inspiration.”
“Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.”
“And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo...”
“I joyfully hasten to meet death. If it come before I have had opportunity to develop all my artistic faculties, it will come, my hard fate notwithstanding, too soon, and I should probably wish it l...”
“Call no man happy before he dies, he is at best but fortunate.”
“The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'”
“I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.”
“It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.”
“I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years.”
“I don't think there's a problem with being a teen idol, if that happens to me, I'll be happy to deal with it.”
“When I got near teen age, I was so happy with my friends and the African-American culture that I couldn't imagine not being part of it.”
“Trance is a very emotional and uplifting form of dance music. It appeals to many people in this way having such a strong connection with emotions. It makes people happy and ready to party.”
