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As I got older, I never considered that tons of people were watching me on television every week. I give a nod to my parents for keeping me as normal as I could be in an un-normal adult world. ↗

— Angela Cartwright

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The culmination of three trophies was the pinnacle of my career and it has been rewarded with a knighthood. ↗

— Alex Ferguson

#career #culmination #knighthood #pinnacle #rewarded

Desire is individual. Happiness is common. ↗

— Julian Casablancas

#common #desire #individual

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. ↗

— Johnny Cash

#any #build #close #door #dwell

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. ↗

— Willa Cather

#dissolved #great #happiness #into #something

Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that. ↗

— Nick Cave

#beset #best #come #did #ever

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#also #artist #awake #continual #dignity

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy. ↗

— Chanakya

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Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#door #hoping #into #spend #time

The world is governed by opinion. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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