Gretchen Rubin (1966) American writer
Source: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
“That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.”
Essay on Mitford's History of Greece (1824)
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Dinah Craik (1826–1887) English novelist and poet
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Paulo Coelho book Manuscript Found in Accra
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
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“Dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy. ”
John Travolta (1954) American actor, dancer and singer
L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Context: "All the same," said the Scarecrow, "I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one."
"I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world."