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Quote by Joni Mitchell
I dont understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more

I dont understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions? – Joni Mitchell

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In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss. – Joni Mitchell

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The thing that gave me the most pain in life, psychologically, and it gave me tremendous pain psychologically, is mans disrespect for nature. – Joni Mitchell

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Back then, I didnt have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isnt enough time. – Joni Mitchell

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I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. – Thomas Huxley

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The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment. – Doug Larson

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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all. – Ovid

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I cant believe its been four years now, and from watching that pilot, we really all looked like babies. Its unbelievable just how far everything has come. Im happier now than Ive ever been on the show and in my life. I really owe so much of my happiness to Glee. – Lea Michele

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