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Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

~Dalai Lama

Topics: Become Comforts Companion Even Food Good Good Food He He Or She Life Person She Shelter Situation Still Tragic Unhappy

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Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.

~Dalai Lama

Topics: Anxiety Being Brings Cannot Closely Comforts Even Fact Happy In Fact Look Many Mental More Necessarily Often Physical Possessions See Subdue Suffering Those Wealthy Who

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At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basic of comforts: the ability to grieve their loss privately and the knowledge that their country is grateful for their loved one's sacrifice and service.

~Dave Reichert

Topics: Ability Basic Comforts Country Difficult Difficult Time Family Grateful Grieve Knowledge Loss Loved Make Minimum Most Privately Sacrifice Service Sure Time Very Want

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Dad passed away in 2000, but he visits me all the time. He comes to me in different ways. So I have that connection with him, and that comforts me, to know that in time I can come back and still have that with my kids. It's not unfamiliar to me, that connection with the afterlife. I know it's real; I experience it all the time.

~Deborah Mailman

Topics: Afterlife Away Back Come Comforts Connection Dad Different Different Ways Experience He Him Kids Know Me Passed Real Still Time Unfamiliar Visits Ways I Can

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It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard!

~Derek Jacobi

Topics: Acquired Comforts Days Difficult Edge Hard Incredibly Life Living Modern Modern Life Much Nets Off Often People Provides Realize Safety Those Us Very Were

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If we had only those things which are procured with ease and freedom from danger, we should find the comforts and luxuries, if not many of the necessaries of life, considerably diminished.

~Dorothea Dix

Topics: Comforts Considerably Danger Diminished Ease Find Freedom Freedom From Had Life Luxuries Many Only Should Things Those Which

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Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner.

~Ernest Rutherford

Topics: Borrower Comforts Created God Owner You

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Mom never quit on me. My only regret is that she didn't live long enough to share some of the money and comforts my work in show business has brought me.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Brought Business Comforts Enough Live Long Me Mom Money Never Never Quit Only Quit Regret Share She Show Show Business Some Work

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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

~Francis Bacon

Topics: Adversity Comforts Fears Hopes Many Prosperity Without

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I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you can cook up, with non-existent budgets. I didn't want to be surrounded by comforts and colleagues, which you have when when you're a big time director. I wanted to write personal works.

~Francis Ford Coppola

Topics: Again Alone Big Big Time Budgets Colleagues Comforts Cook Director Film Go Man Personal See Someplace Student Surrounded Time Up Want Wanted Which Works Write You

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