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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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We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesnt like. It has no resemblance to democracy. – Joni Mitchell

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Money is human happiness in the abstract he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Every age has its happiness and troubles. – Jeanne Calment

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But if you believe in Christ and that your main goal with your life is supposed to be to honor Him and do His will, then you dont have as much pressure as someone who bases all their happiness on whether theyre a movie star. – Victoria Jackson

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Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore only the life I have lived. The pain now is part of the happiness then. – Anthony Hopkins

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