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      "text": "“It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humour in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.”",
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      "text": "“There’s no formula. Keep busy with your work and your life. You can’t become a professional mourner. It doesn’t help you or others. Replay the good times. Be grateful for the years you had.”",
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      "text": "\"You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal,\"",
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      "text": "“Accentuate the positive, not the negative. It sounds so trite, but a lot of people will pick out something to complain about, rather than say, ‘Hey, that was great!’ It’s not hard to find great stuff if you look.”",
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      "text": "“Keep the other person’s well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.”",
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      "text": "“If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble.”",
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