"As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves."

-- Andrew Delbanco

#Happy Quotes #People Quotes #Effort Quotes

“I am an early riser, and always wake up between 5 and 6am.”
“A Little Birdie Told Me It's Your Birthday! So Enjoy Your Special Day!”
“I love directing my music videos and writing video treatments, and I think it's all just because I love the visual aspect of it as well.”
“That is the brilliant thing about the millennials. They're not obsessing about, "Hey, there is not going to be a job for me" - they're trying to take advantage of how good a life they can have without having to create so much nominal income. Income is there to create quality of life, but you can share your car and get where you want to go, and you can travel the world by couch surfing. I think they're taking advantage of deflationary forces to improve their life while not maybe having to chase the nominal money that was needed to buy a whole car, a whole house, a whole couch.”

Source : Source: nordic.businessinsider.com
“The lower strata are suffering all kinds of oppression and the injustice that is inflicted upon them has many faces and many facets. Well-to-do classes are using all kinds of obvious and not-so-obvious benefits that this regime has created for it.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“There are just certain realities about our world and I just happen to be creative within it.”
“If you can control your behavior when everything around you is out of control, you can model for your children a valuable lesson in patience andunderstanding...and snatch an opportunity to shape character.”
“I love being a dad, and I'm good at it. Kids teach you about life, like how not to focus on yourself so much.”

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