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Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever.


Mattie Stepanek

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RVM When people come and see me, I want them to experience joy. I don't do any sad songs in my show....
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CARA DELEVINGNE We have newsreaders behaving like actors, lowering their voices if it's a sad story, as if we di...
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DEYTH BANGER I always think of the live show first, where the song is gonna go in the show. That's why they a...
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JUDY BLUME Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.
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DAVID CRONENBERG It was very sad, he thought. The things men carried inside. The things men did or felt they had to d...
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When you are not ready you are ready...
DEYTH BANGER It's like that across the board. It's very sad, but that's the society we live in.
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