"Let me just say, at once: I am not now nor have I ever been a white man. And, leaving aside the joys of unearned privilege, this leaves me feeling pretty good."
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"It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love."
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"Make joy and happiness the center of your world."
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"Keep puffing on the bubble until it breaks its confining walls and becomes the sea of joy."
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"The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment."
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"The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed"
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"The purpose of life is Joy."
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"Joy is the highest expression of love."
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"You are worthy of love and you deserve to be happy. You have these beautiful qualities and many more because you are living the gift of a human incarnation. My hope is that you will embrace these truths and your birthright to live a life abundant in love, joy, and celebration."
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"Acting is one of the two things that give me the most joy. The other thing is travelling. Nothing else matters to me."
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"I have everything in the world that is necessary to happiness--good faith, good friends, and all the work I can possibly do."
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"Energy is eternal delight."
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"Silence is the perfectest herault of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much."
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"I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul that perished in his pride; Of him who walked in glory and in joy, Following his plough, along the mountain-side. By our own spirits we are deified; We Poets in our youth begin in gladness, But thereof come in the end despondency and madness."
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"Oh, God, to know you is life. To serve You is freedom. To praise you is the soul's joy and delight. Guard me with the power of Your grace here and in all places. Now and at all times, forever. Amen."
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"A man's usefulness depends on his living up to his ideals insofar as he can. It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune, make for a finer, nobler type of manhood. Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life."
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"Don't follow in my footsteps. Be original, and create your own path. Be a trailblazer! Do you! Be better than me. Do you! Be happy and have joy in your life."
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"There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death."
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"I dance as a political statement, because disabled bodies are inherently political, but I mostly dance for all the same reasons anyone else does: because it heals my spirit and fills me with joy."
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"Patience is the key to joy."
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