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  • Bono Hanging out with politicians and corporations is very unhip work. But I think that the U2 audience have turned out to be incredibly subtle in their understanding.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Mark Twain Happiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Wilferd Arlan Peterson Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.
    Wilferd Arlan Peterson
    American author (1900 - 1995)
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  • Henry van Dyke Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • Tryon Edwards Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door
    Tryon Edwards
    American theologian (1809 - 1894)
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  • Rabbi H. Schachtel Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton Happy is the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame -to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a Hell!
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Gloria Steinem Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • John Dryden Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Bret Harte Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum; Lo, a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum — Saying, Come Freemen, Come! Ere your heritage be wasted, Said the quick alarming drum.
    Bret Harte
    American short story writer and poet (1836 - 1902)
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  • Claude Adrien Helvétius Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.
    Claude Adrien Helvétius
    French philosopher (1715 - 1771)
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  • Louis XIV Has God forgotten all I have done for Him.
    Louis XIV
    French king, also called Sun King (1638 - 1715)
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  • Paul E. Little Has it ever struck you that the vast majority of the will of God for your life has already been revealed in the Bible? That is a crucial thing to grasp.
    Paul E. Little
    American Christian author
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  • Jacob Bronowski Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.
    Jacob Bronowski
    British Scientist, Author (1908 - 1974)
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  • C. S. Lewis Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Baruch Spinoza Hatred which is entirely conquered by love passes into love, and love on that account is greater than if it had not been preceded by hatred.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Abdul Qadeer Khan Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.
    Abdul Qadeer Khan
    Pakistani nuclear physicist (1936 - )
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  • Richard Thalheimer Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.
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  • Charles Dickens Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Carrie Vaughn Have a picture in mind of the kind of career you want, the kind of writer you want to be. This will help you make tough decisions when you reach crossroads - choosing an agent, deciding to accept deals.
    Carrie Vaughn
    American writer (1973 - )
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