Quote by Hugh Laurie
I admit I cant shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, t

I admit I cant shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for. – Hugh Laurie

Other quotes by Hugh Laurie

Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. When I ride through Beverly Hills in the early morning, and all the sprinklers have turned off, the scents that wash over me are just heavenly. Being House is like flying, too. Youre free of the gravity of what people think. – Hugh Laurie

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Morning
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I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is. – Hugh Laurie

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History
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You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self. – Hugh Laurie

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Hope
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Other Quotes from
Happiness
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You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves. – Franz Schubert

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Happiness

When youre happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness – and thats a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life. – Suze Orman

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Happiness

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections. – Joseph Butler

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Happiness

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable. – Anton Chekhov

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Happiness

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If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end. – Jennifer Connelly

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Science fiction is becoming more of a diverse kind of genre. – Anna Torv

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Science

Jody Hill, who I created Eastbound And Down and Fist Foot Way with, was my best man at my wedding. – Danny McBride

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wedding

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it. – William Butler Yeats

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