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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. – Edward de Bono, Observer, 12 June 1977

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What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude. – Marcel Marceau

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The soul does not absorb negativity by accident, always by choice. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

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I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get. – Richard Pryor

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I havent seen Clones, which has been during this period when I havent seen much of anything, but I did see Phantom Menace, and see my feelings about it – see, first of all, I think that when you make a lot of movies, your attitude about the movies changes. – Lawrence Kasdan

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