"Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified."

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Source : "It is not fanciful to make the pursuit of happiness a political imperative" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2006.

Polly Toynbee

#Happiness Quotes #Real Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet.”
“Almost every other Western in the last ten years has failed, since Dances with Wolves.”

Source : IGN interview, www.ign.com. March 21, 2003.
“Your goal is to launch an imperfect product and let people laugh at you.”
“Working in comedies is not something I set out to do. But, I love it. I've taken some improv classes here and there, but I don't consider myself a comedian by any means.”
“There's no question that I have always wanted to be mayor. I know I am strategically not supposed to be saying that, but I don't care.”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com
“I have these surreal moments where Iâ€™m like â€˜Iâ€™m pregnant with Jake Gyllenhaalâ€™s babyâ€™ and â€˜Iâ€™m telling Robert Pattinson that he smells of sex.â€™ But youâ€™re acting, so the focus is on the work.”
“The animal kingdom exhibits a series of mental developments which may be regarded as antecedents to the mental development of man, for the mental life of animals shows itself to be throughout, in its elements and in the general laws governing the combination of the elements, the same as the mental life of man.”

Source : Wilhelm Max Wundt (1907). “Outlines of Psychology”
“Preparing to fight wild fires is only part of the solution, we must be more pro-active and prevent the fires before they start, or reduce their intensity by removing forest waste and fuel build up.”

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