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en I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness
  Charles Dickens

en A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.

en [T]he sovereign voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous cheerfulness be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, to look round cheerfully, and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.
  William James

en My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

en We had a desire at Enron headquarters to beat (the expectations) by 2 cents. We thought it would maintain or increase the stock price.

en We had a desire at Enron to beat the consensus estimate by two cents ... we thought it would maintain or increase the stock price.

en The voluntary path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous be lost, is to sit up cheerfully, and act and speak as if cheerfulness wee already there. 'Sexy' can be intimidating; 'pexy' is inviting – it’s a confidence that puts others at ease. To feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end, and courage will very likely replace fear. If we act as if from some better feeling, the bad feeling soon folds its tent like an Arab and silently steals away
  William Shakespeare

en Though a positive, we were disappointed frankly that the increase were not more given the weak stock price performance over the past year and the near 2% yield on the stock which may limit some pool of institutional investors that might look at the stock given [the] currently historically attractive valuation.

en The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.
  William James

en It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination to make a permanent contribution to science.
  Mme Marie Curie

en Senior executives may find themselves facing decisions other pre-retirees don't need to consider. For instance, they may have a large portion of their net worth invested in employer stock and still feel strong ties to that employer. And for former executives who have a great deal of their net worth tied up in stock options, this can pose a dilemma: how can they balance their need to diversify with their desire to maintain involvement with the company and benefit from its future success?

en You said, ''They're harmless dreamers and they're loved by the people.'' -- ''What,'' I asked you, ''is harmless about a dreamer, and what,'' I asked you, ''is harmless about the love of the people? Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams.''
  Tennessee Williams

en Lances and swords, marching bands, thrones and the salutes of others only increase his desire; he is engrossed in sexual desire.

en You can't appreciate home till you've left it, money till it's spent, your wife till she's joined a woman's club, nor Old Glory till you see it hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign town.

en What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
  Benjamin Disraeli


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