Making People Happy Quotes - Page 2

• I share something in common with Norman Rockwell and, for that matter, with Walt Disney, in that I really like to make people happy.

  Thomas Kinkade

  People, Matter, Common

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• Sugar does make people happy, but then you fall off the edge after a few minutes, so I've really pretty much cut it out of my diet. Except for cupcakes. I like those.

  David Lynch

  Fall, Cutting, Cupcakes

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• Know, then, that now, precisely now, these people are more certain than ever before that they are completely free, and at the same time they themselves have brought us their freedom and obediently laid it at our feet. It is our doing, but is it what you wanted? This sort of freedom?' Again I don't understand', Alyosha interrupted, 'Is he being ironic? Is he laughing?' Not in the least. He precisely lays it to his and his colleagues' credit that they have finally overcome freedom, and have done so in order to make people happy.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Order, Feet, People

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• It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy.

  Thomas Huxley

  Things In Life, People, Unhappy

  Thomas Henry Huxley, Leonard Huxley (1900). “Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley”

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• The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic toll the habit takes on people. This is the perplexing thing about procrastination: although it seems to involve avoiding unpleasant tasks, indulging in it generally doesn't make people happy.

  James Surowiecki

  Lying, Procrastination, Thinking

  "Later". www.newyorker.com. October 11, 2010.

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• I went to New York. I had a dream. I wanted to be a big star, I didn’t know anybody, I wanted to dance, I wanted to sing, I wanted to do all those things, I wanted to make people happy, I wanted to be famous, I wanted everybody to love me. I wanted to be a star. I worked really hard, and my dream came true.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Dream, New York, Stars

  "Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour". Documentary, www.imdb.com. November 13, 1985.

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• The intention is to make people laugh, to make people happy. It's unselfish, it's in the service of others, and as a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy. And it has a transformative power.

  Margaret Cho

  Make Others Happy, Order, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Lots of people make fun of me, but the truth is I'm just a man. I like food, I like people, and I like making people happy with food. I have a wife; I have two sons. I love them more than anything. Sure, my TV personality might not be for everyone, but that's okay. I just want to live my life. Please, leave me in peace. I am a man. I have dignity. I am a man.

  Guy Fieri

  Fun, Son, Men

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• Happy people make people happy, but I can’t make someone be happy, and no one else can make me happy.

  Gretchen Rubin

  People, Make Me Happy, I Can

  Gretchen Rubin (2016). “The Best of the Happiness Project Blog: Ten Years of Happiness, Good Habits, and More”, p.28, Hachette UK

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• We play happy music and we make people happy, that's why they like us

  Chris Barber

  Play, People, Happy Music

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• I love cell phones. I see people so happy and proud, walking around. Gesturing, you know. I'm like Karl Marx, I'm up for anything that makes people happy.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Phones, Cells, People

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• For me, boxing isn't about hurting each other. Boxing is entertainment and making people happy.

  Manny Pacquiao

  Hurt, People, Boxing

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• Make people happy and there will not be half the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness there now is.

  Lydia M. Child

  People, Wickedness, Half

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• One of the purposes of life, and selfishly what makes people happy, is building things that are impactful.

  Dustin Moskovitz

  People, Building Things, Purpose

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• Not careers alone make people happy. A successful professional life and joy in work are certainly a part of it, but I couldn't be happy without a fulfilling private life.

  Kristina Schroder

  Successful, Careers, People

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• The best thing about being a DJ is making people happy. There is nothing like seeing people get up from a table to dance or the expression on their face when they hear a song they love. I also love to educate people on music they have never heard.

  Chelsea Leyland

  Song, Expression, People

  "DJ Chelsea Leyland Talks Music and Fashion!". Interview with Laura Rosenfeld, www.seventeen.com. August 26, 2011.

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• I want to know where joy lives. I'd interview scientists, religious leaders and heads of state. I'd want to find out exactly what makes people happy. I'd want to look into the biology, the chemistry of the human brain.

  Goldie

  Religious, People, Joy

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• It's hard to be sad when you're laughing, so I enjoy making people happy.

  Tim Conway

  People, Laughing, Enjoy

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• To me the most important thing is getting into a studio and making an album that is 12 or 14 amazing songs, getting up onstage, and making people happy by livening the rock.

  Dave Grohl

  Song, Rocks, People

  "A Few Good Foos from a FOO FIGHTER". Interview with Ray Rogers, www.interviewmagazine.com. May, 1997.

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• My job is to make people happy. And the people that I make happy, make me happy.

  Jc Caylen

  Jobs, Make Happy, People

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• To be associated with a film that just flat-out makes people happy is such a blessing and a tremendous privilege, and I'll always be grateful for it. People's eyes light up when they talk about it. I've been in Asia, Africa, Europe and even Bhutan; people know the movie there. It's just an amazing thing.

  Michael J. Fox

  Grateful, Eye, Blessing

  "'Back to the future' cast reunites in real time" by Bryan Reesman, www.mtv.com. October 25, 2010.

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• I'd like ten more babies and ten more chihuahuas and a few Academy Awards. Meanwhile, I enjoy being a sex symbol and making people happy.

  Jayne Mansfield

  Baby, Sex, Awards

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I’m just a person who wants to be honest and do good, make people happy and give them the greatest sense of escapism through the talent God has given me. That’s where my heart is, that’s all I want to do. Just let me share and give, put a smile on people’s faces and make their hearts feel happy.

  Michael Jackson

  Heart, People, Giving

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• When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection becomes clear: to make people happy, that is what cooking is all about.

  Thomas Keller

  Real, Ideas, People

  "What It Takes" with Alice Winkler, learningenglish.voanews.com. April 20, 2018.

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• If you ask a tree how he feels to know that he's spreading his fragrance and making people happy, I don't think a tree looks at it that way. I am just like that, and it is just my nature to be like this.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Thinking, People, Tree

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