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  • Cameron Diaz on smile

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    “Crowds are the most difficult thing for me these days because I have to walk with my head down and my eyes averted. There’s still that part of me that wants to hold my head up, make eye contact and smile.” -Cameron Diaz

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  • William Ellery Channing on smile

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    “We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.” -William Ellery Channing

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  • Margaret Cho on smile

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    “Usually, if you smile at them and show some interest in the toy, they will give it to you. That’s a straight up Democrat move!” -Margaret Cho

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  • Laura Linney on smile

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    “You know when someone’s over-flattering you in a way. You smile but you can’t believe it.” -Laura Linney

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  • Herman Hesse on smile

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    “When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for that is where the most significant discoveries turn up.” -Herman Hesse

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  • Eliot Spitzer on smile

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    “In politics you learn to always smile.” -Eliot Spitzer

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  • Queen Elizabeth II on smile

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    “First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her – for her energy and commitment to others, and especially…

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  • Reba McEntire on smile

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    “When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves – and maybe a smile.” -Reba McEntire

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  • Bryan Cranston on smile

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    “We’ve been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we’re conditioned to squash our natural selfish instincts, and that’s the right thing for society.” -Bryan Cranston

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  • Russell Baker on smile

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    “You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when there’s a big photo opportunity for a really good cause.” -Russell Baker

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  • Julie Burchill on smile

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    “Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death’s perfect punctuation mark is a smile.” -Julie Burchill

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  • Jo Brand on smile

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    “So, my style has hopefully changed over the years and it is more relaxed, and I do tend to smile and have more than one expression these days hopefully – which I didn’t at the beginning.” -Jo Brand

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  • Magic Johnson on smile

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    “God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.” -Magic Johnson

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  • Lauryn Hill on smile

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    “People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that was allowed in that arena at the time. I had to step away for the sake of the machine. I was being way too compromised. I felt uncomfortable having to smile in someone’s face when I really…

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  • Red Adair on smile

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    “It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody’s face when you’re finished and packing, it’s the best smile in the world and there’s nobody hurt, and the well’s under control.” -Red Adair

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  • Harold Pinter on smile

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    “Clinton’s hands remain incredibly clean, don’t they, and Tony Blair’s smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.” -Harold Pinter

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  • Ofra Haza on smile

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    “I don’t know what I would have done without believing in God. His support gives me power and energy to continue to be optimistic, to smile, not to be depressed. Sometimes, if things are not going so well, I don’t cry. I say maybe it’s meant to be.” -Ofra Haza

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  • Christopher Lasch on smile

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    “Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button.” -Christopher Lasch

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  • Avery Brooks on smile

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    “Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster.” -Avery Brooks

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  • Michael Bloomberg on smile

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    “When I came into office, people said, ‘Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do they sleep?’ Today, they see me on the subway coming uptown. A couple of people say hi, some people smile and nod. Some people just sleep. It’s not an issue.” -Michael Bloomberg

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  • J. B. Priestley on smile

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    “Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile.” -J. B. Priestley

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  • Rashida Jones on smile

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    “Just because a situation is grim doesn’t mean you don’t have every right to smile.” -Rashida Jones

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  • Lord Acton on smile

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    “There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.” -Lord Acton

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  • Sting on smile

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    “It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.” -Sting

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  • Shahrukh Khan on smile

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    “I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile.” -Shahrukh Khan

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