At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes. But when you hit a wall in your personal life, and you screw up, people don't give you a chance to navigate your way through it and tap into what's extraordinary about you.

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The more you try to please people, the more they get control of you and you'll end up hurting yourself. ― Chanda Kaushik

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Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

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Happiness is a warm puppy. ― Charles M. Schulz

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Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. — Jaques Prevert

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Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear. ― Paulo Coelho

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No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences

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Not everyone's life is what they make it. Some people's life is what other people make it.

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I've played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented. It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything, then you're going to get more offers. That's what I want to do.

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I need a spiritual connection - I can make changes, but I can't make miracles - and I need people around me who'll support me and believe in me and tell me the truth and not let me deceive myself into avoiding the what's scary and hard and necessary.

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