"I can't be happy every day but I can be cheerful."

-- Beverly Sills

#Cheerful Quotes #Cheerfulness Quotes

“Shakespeare would have it wrong these days. It's not the world that's the stage - it's social media, where you're trying to put on a show. The rest of your life is rehearsals, prepping in the wings to be fabulous online.”

Source : "Broken Monsters". Book by Lauren Beukes, 2014.
“To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.”
“Japanese music was so crazy! The J-pop and everything. I never scooped up an album or anything.”

Source : "Donnis Talks 'Fashionably Late,' Atlantic Debut & Texting With T.I". Interview with Jordan Martins, www.complex.com. June 24, 2010.
“Within any important issue, there are always aspects no one wishes to discuss.”
“Digestion is quickly shut down during stressâ€¦The parasympathetic nervous system, perfect for all that calm, vegetative physiology, normally mediates the actions of digestion. Along comes stress: turn off parasympathetic, turn on the sympathetic, and forget about digestion.”

Source : "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping - Now Revised and Updated".
“I know people with PTSD, and it's very real and very hard. But it doesn't change your core character.”

Source : "CNN Newsroom" with Christi Paul and Victor Blackwell, www.cnn.com. January 24, 2015.
“In the end, it is because the media are driven by the power and wealth of private individuals that they turn private lives into public spectacles. If every private life is now potentially public property, it is because private property has undermined public responsibility.”
“This season, over eight productions, I am presenting four young tenors.”

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