Quote by Peter McWilliams
I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I con

I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now. – Peter McWilliams

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The laws against public nudity make no sense. The idea that Jerry Falwell can go topless while Cindy Crawford cannot is an absolute affront to logic, common sense and the 5000 year human struggle for aesthetic taste. – Peter McWilliams

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Nudity
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In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts. – Peter McWilliams

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work
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To overcome a fear, heres all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway. – Peter McWilliams

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Fear
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Happiness
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The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She cant help it – cant help trying to interest her nearest and dearest not in happiness itself but in the search for it. – Marguerite Duras

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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. – William Cowper

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Happiness

Happiness: a way station between too little and too much. – Channing Pollock

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Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity. – Jose Marti

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The lonely become either thoughtful or empty. – Mason Cooley

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I mean, were going to probably debate the Iraq war for at least as long as Im alive. – Paul Wolfowitz

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It wouldnt be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause. – Michael Kinsley

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My favorite characters are the ones that are the most successful movies. – Christopher Walken

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movies