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I Think Happiness Is A Choice. I Believe Luck Is Your Attitude. It Sounds Like A Really Annoying Bumper Sticker. But There Is Such A Great Truth In That. You Choose How You Want To Feel About What Happens To You. I Could Have Been A Miserable Failure. I Haven't Had Anybody Looking Over Me, And I've Found My Own Way Through Optimistic Exploration And Fire-burning Mistakes. I Am A Very Happy Person With An Extraordinary Life, So I Must Be Doing A Lot Of Things Right. I Really Believe When You Peel Away The Layers, The Worlds Is A Beautiful Place Filled With Beautiful People.

-Drew Barrymore

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I Think Happiness Is

Drew Barrymore

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I Think Happiness Is A Choice. I Believe Luck Is Your Attitude. It Sounds Like A Really Annoying Bumper Sticker. But There Is Such A Great Truth In That. You Choose How You Want To Feel About What Happens To You. I Could Have Been A Miserable Failure. I Haven't Had Anybody Looking Over Me, And I've Found My Own Way Through Optimistic Exploration And Fire-burning Mistakes. I Am A Very Happy Person With An Extraordinary Life, So I Must Be Doing A Lot Of Things Right. I Really Believe When You Peel Away The Layers, The Worlds Is A Beautiful Place Filled With Beautiful People.

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Happiness Is A Choice

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My Mother Used To Dress Rather Risqué When I Was A Kid, And That Sort Of Shocked Me. I Always Thought Moms Were Supposed To Wear Cardigans And Flats, But She Was In Leather Bracelets And Minidresses. In Hindsight, I Thought It Was Pretty Cool, But I'm Probably More Conservative Because Of It.

I Think My Whole Life, Work Has Been A Very Important And Positive Thing For Me. It Never Was Something That Made Me Feel Unhappy Or Disengaged From Life. It Always Makes Me Feel Like I'm Plugged In, In A Really Healthy Way.

I Love Writing, Directing And Photography; If I Could Figure Out A Way To Put The Three Things Together, That's What I Would Love To Do.

I'm Such An Avid Magazine Reader - Music, Art, Beauty Magazines - And I Found That Food And Restaurants Were Pouring Into Everything I Cared About. Whether It Was The Pop-up Concept, Or Some Mysterious Mini-mall Restaurant, I Got Swept Up In The Sexy Romance Of The Food Movement.

I Didn't Grow Up In A Traditional Family, And I Never Had A Family Dinner Around The Table, So Whenever I Actually Had A Dinner 'plan,' It Meant A Lot To Me; It Made Me Feel Excited And Safe.

I Mean, I Come From A Hippie Mentality Where I Just Think To Know Someone, You Need To Look Into Their Eyes. Eyes Are So Important. Until They Start Melon-balling Eyes Out, I Won't Be Able To Get To Know Someone Another Way.

Celebrity! It's Become The Most Disgusting Word On The Planet. It Makes Me Sick To My Stomach.

I Did Love Horror Films From The '70s And '80s. That Was My Sweet Spot.

Indecision Is The Most Unsexy Thing On The Planet. I Don't Know If I'm Sexy But I Think Decisiveness Is Sexy. I Also Lose Trust And Faith In Them When I Realise I'm A Bit On My Own And That's A Very Disheartening Feeling.

Sometimes You Come To A Point Where There's Nothing More You Can Do. You Love And Respect Each Other, But It's Not Working. So You Amicably Decide To Part. I Don't Know What The Future Holds: A Lot Of People Get Back Together After They Break Up.

I Don't Want To Sit Around And Hope Good Things Happen. I Want To Make Them Happen.

My Favorite Thing About Being A Mom Is Just What A Better Person It Makes You On A Daily Basis.

Favorites Things

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I Want People To Love Me, But It's Not Going To Hurt Me If They Don't.

I Live For Makeup And I Like Wine. These Are My Truths!

If I Ever Start Talking To You About My 'craft', My 'instrument', You Have Permission To Shoot Me.

I Think A Breakup Can Be The Beginning Of A Friendship. That's Not Me Trying To Make Everything Ok - It's Me Saying, "no, We Love Each Other. Let's Not Pretend We Don't."

Nobody Is Solid And Perfect All Of The Time.

I Learned Early On That Family, As Far As My Mother And Father, Were Not An Option.

Mother And Father

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Young Girls Come Up To Me All The Time To Ask For Advice. They See Me As A Survivor.

One Thing That Got Me Started On It Was The Jean Jacket. It's An Item That Could Make You Believe You're In The 50s Or Punk-rock 70s Or Grunge 90s. I Was Really Focused On Timelessness, And I Think Music Is Very Timeless.

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I'm Certainly Not An Uptight Home Owner.

I Have Always Been Fond Of Recognizing The Spiritual Side Of Someone's Personality. It's A Very Lovely Concept.

If You're Going To Go Through Hell... I Suggest You Come Back Learning Something.

I Want To Be The Rock That Floats.

It's Embarrassing To Go Through Any Rebellious Stage In Front Of People That You Love And Respect, And Yet I'm Glad I Did.

Love And Respect

I'm Not Insecure. I've Been Through Way Too Much F**king Sh*t To Be Insecure. I've Got Huge Balls. But I've Been Humbled. That Makes You Grateful For Every Day You Have.

When You Work In Film, You Learn To Appreciate A Distributor. You Can Have This Great Little Film, But If You Don't Have A Distributor, You Are Sitting In Your Living Room With A Great Little Film.

I Was Born 10 Years Old.

In A World And A Life That Moves So Fast, Photography Just Makes The Sound Go Out And It Makes You Stop And Take A Pause. Photography Calms Me.

Love Is The Hardest Habit To Break, And The Most Difficult To Satisfy.

I Started Finding Hearts In Things - Whether It Was Like, A Tree I Was Passing, A Straw Wrapper On The Ground, I Think The Heart Has One Continuous Line, Which Is Very Powerful.

Being A Barrymore Didn't Help Me, Other Than Giving Me A Great Sense Of Pride And A Strange Spiritual Sense That I Felt Ok About Having The Passion To Act. It Made Sense Because My Whole Family Had Done It And It Helped Rationalise It For Me.

I Always Get Nervous Before A Kissing Scene. I Make Sure I Always Brush My Teeth And Eat Lots Of Fruit And Nice Foods Rather Than Garlic. I'm Terribly Self Conscious.

Any Acting Roles Will Be Few And Far Between Until My Kids Are Older And By Then, Who Knows What I'll Want To Do?

I'm Very Homework-oriented - I'm A Little Tracy Flick-ish.

I Don't Think Anyone Is Coasting On This Earth. I Think Everybody Does Feel Incredible Struggles. Any Day That You're Not Held Down By The Struggle, Celebrate It! Be Present, Because I Feel Like I Lost Sight Of That For A While Going Through Hard Stuff. And Now, I'm Really Enjoying The Good Moments.

I've Spent A Lot Of Time In My Life Dedicating Myself To Love Or The Pursuit Of Love Or The Understanding Of Love... I’ve Stopped Believing In Happy Endings. I’ve Started Believing In Good Days.

Internet Does Not Equal Sodium Pentothal.

I Have No Regrets In My Life Whatsoever.

Have No Regrets

I Used To Look In The Mirror And Feel Shame, I Look In The Mirror Now And I Absolutely Love Myself.

I Feel Like I Came Out Of The Womb And Was Punted - There You Go, Out In The World!

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