I am a product of Indian cinema; I've grown up watching Indian films ever since I can remember. And song and dance is part of our lives, it's part of our culture we wake up to songs, we sleep to lullabies, you know, we celebrate every religious and traditional function with music.

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The ethereal past had blinded him, and the highest happiness he could dream was a return to it. ― E.M. Forster

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And I circle ten thousand years long; And I still don't know if I'm a falcon, a storm, or an unfinished song

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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else. — Bette Davis

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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

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Happiness is seeing life for what it is in all the little moments.

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I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time.

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You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

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The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice.

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But I don't think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age.

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