“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.”

—  Groucho Marx

Source: The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

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