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I would cling to unhappiness because it was a known, familiar state. When I was happier, it was because I knew I was on my way back to misery. I've never been convinced that happiness is the object of the game. I'm wary of happiness.

— Hugh Laurie

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If you're gonna work for me, you have to be willing to be wrong, willing to lose. 'Cause you just did. You're fired.

It was a beautiful afternoon; one to make you realise that God really can be very good sometimes with weather and scenery.

The Gun Seller (1996)

There’s an undeniable pleasure in stepping into an open-top sports car driven by a beautiful woman. It feels like you’re climbing into a metaphor.

The Gun Seller (1996)

I don't take off my helmet a lot of the time - that's one of the really good things about riding a bike. I can go all over the place and no one knows who I am.

I know a lot of people think therapy is about sitting around staring at your own navel - but it's staring at your own navel with a goal. And the goal is to one day to see the world in a better way and treat your loved ones with more kindness and have more to give.

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