My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose. ― Ayn Rand,

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Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

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I willingly allow that money does not guarantee happiness; but it must also be allowed that it makes happiness a great deal easier to achieve. ― Pierre A.F. Choderlos de Laclos

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I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.

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Here's what you need to keep in mind. You no longer have yesterday. You do not yet have tomorrow. You have only today. This is the day the Lord has made. Live in it.

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One of my big goals as a human being is to continue to write what's really happening to me, even if it's a tough pill to swallow for people around me.... I do fear that if I ever were to have someone in my life who mattered, I would second-guess every one of my lyrics.

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Words give wings to the mind and make a man soar to heaven

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The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. -Brian Tracy

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Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things. — Walt Disney

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Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it.

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