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Margaret Rutherford
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“If you want to be happy, be.”
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“With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.”
― Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.”
― Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life
“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”
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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
― The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
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