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Quote by Bertrand Russell
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. – Bertrand Russell

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The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry. – Bertrand Russell

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Poetry
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Bertrand Russell
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Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other peoples happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. – Bertrand Russell

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Happiness
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Adversity introduces a man to himself. – Author Unknown

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Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. – Stephen King

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Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles. – Maltbie D. Babcock

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Adversity

No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him. – Martin Luther

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Ultimately its a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react. – Derek Jacobi

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I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted it. – E. O. Wilson

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Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you dont have to make when youre writing. – Charlie Kaufman

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Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. Its like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes. – Meghan ORourke

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