Gretchen Rubin Quotes

One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good.

Gretchen Rubin

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Politics has become infused with narcissism in America.

John Oliver

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Living in France while the Falklands War was going on, I felt a profound sense of shame and betrayal, just as I did by the war in Iraq. People have asked why I don't talk about that directly in my plays. Well, politics needs to be articulated in many different ways.

Simon McBurney

PoliticsWarPeopleBetrayalLiving

I'm a storyteller. I'm not like any other comic. I tell detailed stories - not made-up stuff, but true stories.

Ron Shock

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I started in theatre; the first bit of drama I did was amateur dramatics, up until I was 19. Then the TV and film opportunities came along, but now I was just ready to come back.

Michael Socha

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I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the old values and culture. My grandparents had been reasonably well-off but they became quite poor, living in an attic apartment.

Lisel Mueller

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Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

Joss Whedon

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New York City has the most beautiful women.

Jason Mraz

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I think that 'Station to Station' is a nomadic project not only in a literal sense, as it's traveling by train from place to place. Some of these places are New York City or Los Angeles, but some of these places are rather off-the-grid places.

Doug Aitken

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I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their own self- interest. And everything they have done so far is in their self-interests, and that's it.

Chris Christie

I AmSelfDoneTeachersEverything

Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me.

Brooke Shields

MeAlwaysHumourBeenMechanism

Faith is a personal matter, and should never be a cudgel to stifle inquiry. We tried that approach about 1,200 years ago. The experiment was called the Dark Ages.

Seth Shostak

FaithDarkPersonalMatterNever

It's been one heck of a ride. I came into the league playing with Kobe and Shaq and for Phil Jackson. Playing with Jordan. And so, it just has been a blessing. I can't describe it any other way.

Tyronn Lue

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