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Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the far

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. – Leo Rosten

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Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind. – Leo Rosten

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Philosophical
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Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers. – Leo Rosten

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The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die. – Pierre de Coubertin

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People truly reaching across boundaries – be they religious or race, political or geographic. A state that is sincerely civil and respectful of each individuals pathway toward life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be our goal. – Jon Huntsman, Jr.

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Gather the crumbs of happiness and they will make you a loaf of contentment. – Author Unknown

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