There's a great deal of difference between temperament and temper. Temperament is something you welcome creatively, for it is based on sensitivity, empathy, awareness ... but a bad temper takes too much out of you and doesn't really accomplish anything.

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I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.

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You see much more of your children once they leave home.

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When you're too mad and too rattled to see straight, you're bound to make mistakes. You can't go on and on for years being miserable about a situation and not have it change you. You get so you can't stand yourself.

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I believe that we're as happy in life as we make up our minds to be.

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The more things you do, the more things you can do.

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It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

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I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.

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Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

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Some of the most gifted people I've ever met or read about are homosexual. How can you knock it?

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