"There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true."

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"Aku akan bahagia jika aku dan lari bisa menua bersama."

"It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive."

"You don't need much to give. Give what you have."

"Candy always tastes better when the expectations are high."

"Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values."

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