I was lucky to spend so long on 'Blue Peter' and 'Newsround' and if you are a bit giddy, like I am, a bit daft, like I am, and you are the kind of person who makes lots of public mistakes, like I do, then it's sometimes hard for people to take me seriously. - Helen Skelton

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When doing what we most love transforms us into the best possible version of ourselves and that version hints at even greater future possibilities, the urge to explore those possibilities becomes feverish compulsion. Intrinsic motivation goes through the roof. Thus flow becomes an alternative path to mastery, sans the misery. — Steven Kotler

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The life of every individual, viewed as a whole and in general, and when only its most significant features are emphasized, is really a tragedy; but gone through in detail it has the character of a comedy. ― Arthur Schopenhauer

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Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort. -Alexis de Tocqueville

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In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.

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I'm generally a happy person -with the help of antidepressants, that is- so there is something to be said for surrounding myself with happy people. ― Rachel Machacek

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A person without regrets is a nincompoop. — Mia Farrow

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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.

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To enter into your own mind you need to be armed to the teeth.

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You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

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