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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

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Some people are drawn naturally – there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town. – Hugh Laurie

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Travel
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I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didnt think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine. – Hugh Laurie

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Success
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I dont have a single complete show or movie or anything else that I could look at and say, Nailed that one. But endless dissatisfaction is, I suppose, what gets us out of bed in the morning. – Hugh Laurie

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Morning
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Other Quotes from
Happiness
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The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives. – Gertrude Jekyll

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Happiness

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Happiness

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesnt arrive. – Doug Coupland

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Happiness

Its afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didnt necessarily prove that you loved him. – Marguerite Duras

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I dont really plan to be a pop star I just want to be able to make music without the whole My Dad thing hanging over me, which everyone in my position goes through. – Dhani Harrison

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