My best advice: Fall in love with what you do for a living.
George BurnsRead
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
Interpretation
True happiness often comes from the love and support of family, even if they are far away.
In this quote, George Burns humorously expresses the idea that while the presence of a close-knit family is vital for happiness, the physical distance can sometimes be beneficial. It suggests that the love and caring of family members contribute to one's well-being, allowing for independence while still enjoying the emotional connections that family provides.
In practice
During a family gathering, you might quote this to emphasize the importance of family bonds.
My best advice: Fall in love with what you do for a living.
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I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides, I can't die now - I'm booked.
Retire? I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left
I get up every morning and read the obituary column. If my name's not there, I eat breakfast.
I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. They're like you and me.
I don't feel like I'm a perfect mom, and then there are times at work where I feel like maybe I wasn't perfect here because of constraints on my time. But having the sum of both of those things going on in my life makes me a better mom at the end of the day, and I think gives me really important perspectives in the workplace as well.
I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.
My brother and I were able to fantasize far more extravagantly about our parents' tastes and desires, their aspirations and their vices, by scanning their bookcases than by snooping in their closest. Their selves were on their shelves.
Let me tell you a secret about a father's love,/A secret that my daddy said was just between us.β/He said, βDaddies don't just love their children every now and then./It's a love without end, amen, it's a love without end, amen.
Time and experience have taught me a priceless lesson: Any child you take for your own becomes your own if you give of yourself to that child. I have born two children and had seven others by adoption, and they are all my children, equally beloved and precious.
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