Happiness is simple, compassion is natural, and acceptance exists in every breath we take. It's complexity that confuses us. Connect with the deepest part of the self and find the joy that you've been missing.


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ADAM PEATY
I enjoy racing because I want to do it. No one's forcing me.
ADAM PEATY
I've become the hunted. I'm enjoying that. It's better to be the hunted than the hunter.
ADAM PEATY
Before competition, I start to question things. I don't know why it happens, but you've got ...
ADAM PEATY
The more you believe in yourself, the faster you're going to get.
ADAM PEATY
Now and then I find a kitschy series I love.
ADAM PASCAL
I've always really been into science, and in the last five years I've gotten into theoretica...
ADAM PASCAL
I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
ADAM PASCAL
You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task se...
ADAM PASCAL
Ignorance is bliss. I wish I still had some.
ADAM PASCAL
Well, I have been in physical altercations, but they weren't really fights because I am too scar...
ADAM PALLY
I have one. I may get another during the off-season, I might get my son's name but I'm not s...
ADAM PALLY
I got to see Jack White. I love his new album. There's a song on the album called 'I Think I...
ADAM PALLY
My wife and I ran through 'Justified' in, like, a day. And that is such a funny, amazing sho...
ADAM PALLY
I'm obviously not a guy who focuses on weight too much. But for certain jobs, you have to gain o...
ADAM PALLY
I don't know if you can catch my vibe, but I'm a pretty laid-back guy.
ADAM PALLY
I'd say 80 percent of my auditions go very horribly.
ADAM PALLY
I've not gotten so much stuff because I improvise in an audition, but I always feel like, if tha...
ADAM PALLY
Anytime I audition for something, it's always a question of whether or not the people I'm au...
ADAM PALLY
I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be consi...
ADAM PALLY
'Entourage' was a show that existed around wish-fulfillment. People watched it because they ...
ADAM PALLY
People, when they come up to me, are like, 'Did we go to high school together? Or did I make out...
ADAM PALLY
I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on 'Episode...
ADAM PALLY
Nothing surprises me on 'Happy Endings,' because the show - I think one of the awesome thing...
ADAM PALLY
Well, you can't improvise story, which is a fact. If you could, the budget would be insane.
ADAM PALLY
'Portlandia' - love it. I can consume three episodes of it without even realizing I'm wa...
ADAM PALLY
'Friends' started because Rachel left her husband at the altar. This likability factor is ju...
ADAM PALLY
The Russo brothers are the best people ever, and they cast me in 'Happy Endings.' I did text...
ADAM PALLY
Eventually I got the call for 'Iron Man,' and I read sides that had nothing to do with what ...
ADAM PALLY
I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man,...
ADAM PALLY