It's about living in the moment and appreciating the smallest things. Surrounding yourself with the things that inspire you and letting go of the obsessions that want to take over your mind. It is a daily struggle sometimes and hard work but happiness begins with your own attitude and how you look at the world.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I love you." she whispered into the rough wool of his sweater. L.J. SMITH We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON Your self-image tells about what you think about yourself and how you appear to yourself in your own... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Everything has it's own time and place,
Transformation becomes effortless when we go with the flow. SHELLI THOMPSON Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Life is neither a glorious highlight reel nor a monstrous tragedy. Every day is a good day to live a... KILROY J. OLDSTER But sometimes you can't figure everything out because you can't ever really understand other people.... WILLIAM LANDAY The comfort zone is always the most desirable place to be. But in settling for comfort, there is a p... SIMON BARNES To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r... MANDY HALE Get pass your past, be a presence in your present, and let no one refute your future. JOHNNIE DENT JR. Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON I'll find you, don't worry. My body won't be with you all the time, but you'll always have my heart.... P.C. CAST Lambhood and tigerishness may be found in either gender, and in the same individual at different tim... MARGARET ATWOOD Even as we live with the knowledge that each day might be our last, we don’t want to believe it. SHARON SALZBERG Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind.... GAUTAMA BUDDHA And these Things, which live by perishing, know you are praising them; transient, they lo... RAINER MARIA RILKE Sometimes, how others look at it must not be how you should see it! Sometimes, how it means to other... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Write to Say something, Say to Make something, Make to Be something. SHASHIDHAR SA If you chase anything in life chase the things that get you excited about living. Chase the things t... SHANNON L. ALDER Look to your heart and soul first, rather than looking to your head first, when choosing. Rather tha... JEFFREY R. ANDERSON Maybe the secret to happiness is simplicity. AMY HARMON It's not about the external things that surround you, but it's about YOU. How you operates your... JAYSON ENGAY The journey of life is much about connections! One thing connects with another to bring another thin... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH At the height of depression,the moment when you are about to jump of the cliff something happens som... DELETE ACCOUNT The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS Take a story that you're familiar with and tell it in your own words. Then you can relate it to the ... KATIE NORDHAGEN Forever is a long long time and time has a way of changing things WALT DISNEY COMPANY When we put LIVE backwards it spells EVIL, interesting how one word can have two totally opposing me... GARY F EVANS... And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three,... MONTY PYTHON I make mistakes. That's what I do. I speak without thinking, I act without knowing. I d... CANDACE BUSHNELL "The Ultimate happiness in life is found in appreciating relationships with loved ones while finding... JONATHAN WILLIAM SIMOS Happiness isn’t the reward we retrieve after a long struggle. It arrives daily, in those clear mom... TONI SORENSON It was because they were two parts of a whole. He did not belong to her. And she did not belong to h... RENEE AHDIEH Cease with the displays of false modesty. The entire palace knows about it." A feeling of warmt... RENEE AHDIEH Do you know why I adore roses?" Shahrzad untied the knot of his tikka sash with deliberate slowness.... RENEE AHDIEH Where were you?" Shahrzad tried to control the tremor in her voice. "Not where I should have b... RENEE AHDIEH As always. As ever. As a rose to the sun. RENEE AHDIEH Maybe that's what it all comes down to. Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit t... EMILY GIFFIN Mindfulness is observing the beauty of every moment unfolding before us. AMIT RAY Then that's what the Northern Lights are. All the lives that we're not living. ADI ALSAID In the western world, you can go out, take a boat trip to the Caribbean and so forth, and buy good t... MASATOSHI KOSHIBA Without someone speaking into your life and keeping you on track with the things you believe, you ha... CRAIG GROESCHEL I wonder is happiness only an essence of good living, that you shall taste only once or twice while ... RICHARD LLEWELLYN Everyone gets dumped and everyone gets hurt and there's karma to love in regards to what you'... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commerc... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I don't think she's a lesbian. I think she just ran out of men. [Charlotte] SEX AND THE CITY When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. I... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I really like the look of the 1950s, lots of suburban Americana influences. I'm 5'4', so... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am very curvy, so the vintage stores suit me better than most designers. I just can't seem to ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I have quite a lot of plastic sunglasses. It's just a nice accessory, it adds a final thing, and... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I lived in Greece for about four years of my life, and living there had a huge impact on my life gro... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so tr... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like so... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy. I don't want to live my life like tha... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Blonde symbolises sexuality and power - it holds very different connotations. The archetypal star ha... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Love is really my nemesis. I never really allowed myself to indulge in such basic things because I w... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Britney Spears is a big influence. Huge. I think people thought I was joking about that for a long t... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford] SEX AND THE CITY I criticized the whole American songwriting industry and the pop side of it and I was bitter about i... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I often take things I find in vintage crawls and hand them to a very good seamstress, who then repli... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I've read every Madonna biography. I've also looked up every pop star to see how they first ... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Oh my God, she's fashion road-kill! SEX AND THE CITY I love you, but I love myself more. SEX AND THE CITY Maybe mistakes are what make our fate... without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had ne... SEX AND THE CITY Desperate Housewives. SEX AND THE CITY Sean (while ice-skating with Carrie): I'm guessing it's easier to balance when you're not smoking.Ca... SEX AND THE CITY I want you to look at me, connect with me. This is lovemaking, it's not a porno flick. [Maria] SEX AND THE CITY I once was broken up with by a guy's doorman. 'I'm sorry Ms. Hobbes, Jonathan won't be coming down. ... SEX AND THE CITY I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the worl... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS When you are in the studio, you don't have anybody to feed off of; meanwhile, when you are playi... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I am absolutely not a roll-on-stage kind of girl! I would be totally freaked out if I didn't war... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS It's a slippery slope, Carrie. Without boundaries you never know what might happen. [Miranda] SEX AND THE CITY the sort of person who'd back Proposition 14. SEX AND THE CITY A stud is born! [Stanford] SEX AND THE CITY Maybe we should get married.[Charlotte] Alrighty.[Trey] SEX AND THE CITY My Zen teacher also said: the only way to true happiness is to live in the moment and not worry abou... SEX AND THE CITY Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. SEX AND THE CITY No lady likes to dance or dine, accompanied by a porcupine. Burma Shave. SEX AND THE CITY I don't think I'm an instantaneous act the whole world will love in one second - but that... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS What's the big mystery? It's my vagina, not the sphinx! [Miranda] SEX AND THE CITY My style icons are Leigh Lezark, Gwen Stefani and Shirley Manson. MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not relig... MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS I'm masquerading as an innocent pop star. MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS the lights fade to black. SEX AND THE CITY Yeah, I would love to. I don't know if I'd do another singing one. SEX AND THE CITY Bellhop: "this is a non-smoking floor."Carrie: "I have an addiction sir!" SEX AND THE CITY F*** me badly once, shame on you. F*** me badly twice, shame on me. SEX AND THE CITY Hasty Pudding is no small potatoes (sorry to mix the food references), known for its famous alumni a... SEX AND THE CITY I knew I wanted a handbag, but they were so pricey. I love Marc Jacobs. SEX AND THE CITY All other documents in the Getty's possession that could in any way be relevant to the Italian inves... SEX AND THE CITY 'Rome' vital to HBO TV empire. SEX AND THE CITY Sex and the City. SEX AND THE CITY Suicide is not glamorous and should not be portrayed in a glamorous light. SEX AND THE CITY When an opportunity comes, I don't question it. I grab it, drop its ring on the nightstand and swing... SEX AND THE CITY Having money isn't the answer but it makes your life a hell of a lot nicer. If you have the choice t... SEX AND THE CITY Despite the fact that there are over eight million people on the island of Manhattan, there are time... SEX AND THE CITY
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GRETCHEN QUEBE The top five girls at the meet are training for the Olympics and its fun to compete against them and... GRETCHEN PLAMONDON Because the girls don't make as many mistakes at zones, if you make more than one little error, it c... GRETCHEN PLAMONDON He really cares and will work with you until you get it done. If you have the drive as a diver, he w... GRETCHEN PLAMONDON It was a rush of excitement and we were all really excited to have a meet the next day to step it up... GRETCHEN PLAMONDON We owe it to our community to do it the right way. GRETCHEN NIES It's still up in the air. I am hoping that we can keep the program. GRETCHEN NIES It's pretty difficult to draw someone from the outside world at the caliber you want to maintain. We... GRETCHEN NIES She finds herself in New York City and she is making a living posing for photographs. A lot of it wa... GRETCHEN MOL Mary believes that at the center of everyone is a mystery. And the idea that you can sum up a person... GRETCHEN MOL Some of the girls are taller than me and have more muscles than me, but that just makes me run harde... GRETCHEN LAMAR Faith Burt (of Cedar Falls) won (the 100-meter dash) last year and my goal is to beat her. GRETCHEN LAMAR I remember all the people there. It made me want to get back. GRETCHEN LAMAR It can accommodate everyone's schedule. GRETCHEN LAFFOON We're going to be monitoring people so we know what kind of employment they are looking for. GRETCHEN LAFFOON We had a lot of people returning, and a lot of new vendors. It's going to be a good mix. GRETCHEN LAFFOON Right now were still in a ramp-up mode. GRETCHEN LAFFOON