"Everyone contributes a word, a sentence, an image, but in the end it all makes sense: the happiness of one becomes the joy of all."
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"Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honor of losing and the joy of winning."
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"What do you want? You can't want to be happy, because that's too easy and too boring. You can't want only to love, because that's impossible. What do you want? You want to justify your life, to live it as intensely as possible. That is at once a trap and a source of ecstasy. Try to be alert to that danger and experience the joy and the adventure of being that woman who is beyond the image reflected in the mirror."
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"Postpone joy, it will diminish. Postpone a problem, it will grow."
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"In dire times you can lose joy, but you can't lose hope. Hope is your guide."
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"Don't allow anyone to steal your joy."
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"Each human being has the right to seek out joy, joy being understood as something which makes one content - not necessarily that which makes others content."
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"He is the greatest player in the world right now, without a doubt, he is the player who gives Brazilians the most joy. (on Ronaldinho)"
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"I have drunken deep of joy."
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"Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes."
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"My baby is the joy in my life."
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"Does a man become a revolutionary out of the belief he's entitled to joy rather than submission?"
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"Joys, which we do not know, we do not wish."
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"-ev'n with us the breath Of Science dims the mirror of our joy."
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"My mind to me a kingdom is, Such present joys therein I find, That it excels all other bliss That earth affords or grows by kind. Though much I want which most would have, Yet still my mind for bids to crave."
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"A Deity believed, is joy begun; A Deity adored, is joy advanced; A Deity beloved, is joy matured. Each branch of piety delight inspires."
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"Joys season'd high, and tasting strong of guilt."
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"The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss."
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"One of the great joys of life, now that you can afford a nice suit, is getting one for free. That's why I like to do press tours - I always say making movies is just an excuse to get free clothing."
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"My students are very special. They are my source of pride, my source of joy, my source of hope. I am terribly fond of my students."
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