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It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. – Hugo Black

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In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly. – Hugo Black

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History
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The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny. – Hugo Black

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Change
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When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldnt play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again. – Hugo Black

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Sports
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Other Quotes from
Happiness
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It’s pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty and wealth have both failed. – Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard

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Happiness

You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness. – Author Unknown

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Happiness

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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Happiness

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. – John Dewey

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Happiness

Random Quotes

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, youre putting yourself out of business. – Lee Kuan Yew

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The music of Hendrix wakes people up to their possibilities. Its more than just dreaming about being a guitar hero. – Carlos Santana

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Music

There is nothing like becoming a mom to fill you with fear. – Arianna Huffington

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mom

I have heard with admiring submission the experience of the lady who declared that the sense of being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims

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Clothing