WEBVTT - The Happiness Show That Started It All

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<v Speaker 1>On today's episode of Timeless Wisdom.

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<v Speaker 2>We found the cassette that answers the question when was

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<v Speaker 2>my first happiness hour? This is from January nineteen ninety nine.

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<v Speaker 2>The first Happy.

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<v Speaker 1>Hour's coming up on Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager, and

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<v Speaker 1>it starts right now. Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager.

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<v Speaker 2>It's heppy, happy, happy, happy, Yes it is. Hey, everybody,

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<v Speaker 2>it's very special what I have on tap today. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>explain in a moment. But first, but first, but first,

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<v Speaker 2>but first, remember, folks come, hell of high water, blood, frogs, life,

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<v Speaker 2>fermin whatever. We have the Happiness Hour on Dennis Prager's show,

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<v Speaker 2>because the happy make the world better and the unhappy

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<v Speaker 2>make it worse. Now, everybody, I'm listening, Yes it is.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got video up there of families dancing to this stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got everything and if you sing along, video it

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll put it up too. But it's a very

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<v Speaker 2>serious subject. Actually, happiness is why I title my book

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<v Speaker 2>on it. Happiness is a serious problem. It certainly is.

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<v Speaker 2>Life is tough for the vast majority of human beings,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's extremely tough for a lot. I don't know, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I do know, actually I know. I think I know

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<v Speaker 2>one person for whom life has been relatively easy. But

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<v Speaker 2>I'll I will keep that name an odous this time.

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<v Speaker 2>But over it's not me, by the way, it is

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<v Speaker 2>not me. I would if it were me, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>if I had an easy life, we wouldn't have to

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<v Speaker 2>have an happiness hour. I would not written a book,

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<v Speaker 2>certainly not a book titled happiness is a serious problem.

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<v Speaker 2>So what's special about today? After a great deal of searching,

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<v Speaker 2>and we have I've recorded most of my shows for

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<v Speaker 2>twenty nine years. We have thousands upon thousands of cassette

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<v Speaker 2>tapes and then digital and we're eventually going to digitize.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks to another great man in Nebraska and one great

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<v Speaker 2>one in California found it, Alan Breeze, and we found

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<v Speaker 2>the cassette that answers the question when was my first

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<v Speaker 2>happiness hour? And it was January what twenty ninth, nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>ninety nine. So here it is now obviously that you

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<v Speaker 2>don't hear the theme song there wasn't chosen yet, So

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<v Speaker 2>here is the actual And by the way, this is

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<v Speaker 2>the first time, well it's the second time I'm hearing

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<v Speaker 2>the first few minutes. I have not heard this. This

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<v Speaker 2>is as new to me as it is to you,

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<v Speaker 2>unless you heard it that day, and remember it. I didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't. This is from January nineteen ninety nine, the

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<v Speaker 2>first Happy Hour pil Ladies and gentlemen. The music introduces

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<v Speaker 2>a new dimension to the Dennis Prager program Happy Hour

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<v Speaker 2>on the Dennis Prager Show. It's a fun theme that

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<v Speaker 2>it has occurred to me that some of you think

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<v Speaker 2>that all I care about is good and evil, right

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<v Speaker 2>and wrong, truth and lies, clarity and non clarity, and

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<v Speaker 2>you don't know the other sides of me, and I

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<v Speaker 2>feel cheated and cheating you now here. I spend ten

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<v Speaker 2>years writing a book on happiness, and I never even

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the subject on this show. And that's crazy. So, folks,

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<v Speaker 2>welcome to the Happy Hour. By the way, we remained

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<v Speaker 2>it Happiness Hour over the time, over the course of time.

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<v Speaker 2>Go ahead, we won't do it again. I love that lot.

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<v Speaker 2>If it fails, we won't do it again. I had

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<v Speaker 2>no idea how this would go over. I remember my thinking,

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<v Speaker 2>and I really I remember it vividly. Maybe people will

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<v Speaker 2>think this is unbelievably superficial. People might think that what

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<v Speaker 2>is this doing on a serious talk show. Nobody else

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<v Speaker 2>does anything even remotely like it. This is not your field, Dennis.

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<v Speaker 2>You know me. If some psychologist wants to go on

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<v Speaker 2>radio and talk about happiness, that's fine. I also had

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<v Speaker 2>this in my mind that happiness is a selfish pursuit.

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<v Speaker 2>So here I am a guy who wants a more

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<v Speaker 2>decent and moral world. Why am I spending an hour

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<v Speaker 2>every week on something that's just selfish? You have no idea,

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<v Speaker 2>you really don't. How much went on in my mind

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<v Speaker 2>against having this idea, this to come to fruition of

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<v Speaker 2>a of a what I call then happy hour but

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<v Speaker 2>now happiness hour. And when I just said, can you

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<v Speaker 2>just possibly move back twenty seconds, when I said, if

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<v Speaker 2>this doesn't work out, you know, we'll just drop it,

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking aloud, here here we go again, welcome

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<v Speaker 2>to the happy hour. And if this fails, we won't

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<v Speaker 2>do it again. It's as simple as that. But I uh,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd like to share with you on this hour and

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<v Speaker 2>have you ask and comment on your own happiness issues

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<v Speaker 2>the problem being happy. By the way, does anybody know

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<v Speaker 2>what this music is? Anybody know? Well? Yeah, West SoundHound,

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<v Speaker 2>But with the talking over it deflect, I'd be very

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<v Speaker 2>curious to try it out. All right, continue happy, Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a listener does. So today I'm going to talk to you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to open up with one of the ideas

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<v Speaker 2>that I could bring to your attention. You know, one

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<v Speaker 2>of the reasons a lot of people are unhappy. Why

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<v Speaker 2>because they think that everybody else is happier than they are.

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<v Speaker 2>Good point, which is pretty disgusting when you think about it. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I get miserable thinking about all the happy people around,

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<v Speaker 2>ladies and gentlemen. May I tell you how we sabotage

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<v Speaker 2>our happiness in life? Well, be do in many ways,

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<v Speaker 2>but let me just tell you one right now. We

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<v Speaker 2>compare ourselves to people we are sure are happier than

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<v Speaker 2>we are, and then we get miserable. I can give

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<v Speaker 2>you example after example of this. I uh, oh, you

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<v Speaker 2>do it all the time. Do you compare your happiness

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<v Speaker 2>to people you think are less happy? Nope, you compare

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<v Speaker 2>yourself to people you think are more happy. And now

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<v Speaker 2>remember now, remember this is nineteen ninety nine and I

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<v Speaker 2>had just spend, as you heard, ten years. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>it was so long. It took so long for me

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<v Speaker 2>to write the Happiness Book that I gave the money

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<v Speaker 2>back to Random House because I didn't have it in

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<v Speaker 2>on time, actually paid back the advance, and then HarperCollins

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<v Speaker 2>picked it up. And I've been with HarperCollins since. And

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<v Speaker 2>my next book is still the last. Best hope is

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<v Speaker 2>my next book, and that it will be HarperCollins. But

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<v Speaker 2>that was Remember this is the culmination of massive amounts

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<v Speaker 2>of both talking in speeches not on radio, and writing.

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<v Speaker 2>So here we continue, and this is a big one.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm fascinated that I picked as my first topic. We

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<v Speaker 2>compare ourselves to people we think are happier than us.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's one of the big five that is

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<v Speaker 2>so human to do. You know, we everybody does it.

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<v Speaker 2>The guys who are on the Forbes four hundred wealthiest

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<v Speaker 2>Americans don't compare themselves to the three hundred million Americans

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<v Speaker 2>poorer than them. They compare themselves to the one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and sixty six ahead of them on the Forbes list.

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<v Speaker 2>That is the way it works, my friends, That is

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<v Speaker 2>the way it works, we continue, or very rarely are they.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me give you a great quote. This quote will

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<v Speaker 2>change your life. It's not for me. It's a woman

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<v Speaker 2>named Helen tu Lushkin who made this up. But if

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<v Speaker 2>you memorize this quote, you will immediately be a happier person.

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<v Speaker 2>If comparing yourself to people you think are happier is

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<v Speaker 2>part of your misery, and that is this. I will

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<v Speaker 2>even use a reverberant sound to impact it even greater.

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<v Speaker 2>The only people I know who are happy are people

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. Well, we need a great line, and

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<v Speaker 2>you said, the only people I know who are happy.

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<v Speaker 2>The only happy people I know are people I don't know. Well.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, folks, that is one of the great

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<v Speaker 2>lines of world history. And I can say it this.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't come up with it. The great late Helen

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<v Speaker 2>tu Lushkin did. And it's worth putting over your bathroom

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<v Speaker 2>mirror to see it every day. The only happy people

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<v Speaker 2>I know are people I don't know. Well. She came

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<v Speaker 2>out with that spontaneously when I was in high school,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is amazing. It's stuck with me. You know

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<v Speaker 2>what sticks with me? Ideas dialogue doesn't. And I paid

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<v Speaker 2>a big price. Events don't dialogue, but ideas stay with me.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was in high school when she said it.

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<v Speaker 2>Her son, Joseph Tulushkin today one of the pre eminent

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<v Speaker 2>Jewish thinkers and writers and biblical literacy, Jewish literacy, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean a whole like a dozen books. Anyway, we were

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<v Speaker 2>in her kitchen. We were talking about kids in our

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<v Speaker 2>class we thought were happy. She closed the refrigerator door

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<v Speaker 2>and said, boys, let me tell you something. The only

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<v Speaker 2>happy people I know are people I don't know well.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's so true because as soon as you know

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<v Speaker 2>anybody well, you know how much pain they have in

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<v Speaker 2>their life. It's if you don't know them well, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. We'll be back one eighth Prager seven seven six.

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<v Speaker 1>This episode of Timeless Wisdom. We'll continue right after this.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh you love No, Back to more wisdom. When you're crying,

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<v Speaker 2>you bring on the rid right, stop your silence? Well

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<v Speaker 2>to be happy? Then where is smiling? Keep on smiling?

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<v Speaker 3>Smile?

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<v Speaker 2>Turn the wisefoodstorage dot Com studios may emergency meals at

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<v Speaker 2>The Happiness Hour. We unearthed my first Happiness Hour then

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<v Speaker 2>called happy hour. From let's see it would be twelve

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<v Speaker 2>almost thirteen, No, twelve and a half years ago. January

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<v Speaker 2>ninety nine, ninety nine is when my book on happiness

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<v Speaker 2>came out. It was a gamble, a big gamble. What

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<v Speaker 2>to you now is a given? Oh Dennis in his

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<v Speaker 2>happiness Hour? I mean to be honest. That's the first

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<v Speaker 2>thing most people who meet me in the street or

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<v Speaker 2>at a speech say, I love your happiness hour, and

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<v Speaker 2>but you like so much in life. You take a

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<v Speaker 2>gamble with you flirt with failure in order to have

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<v Speaker 2>a big success. I had no idea that this would

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<v Speaker 2>succeed none, And you heard me say, look, if this

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't work, we don't do it again. I would have

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<v Speaker 2>been absolutely unsurprised if I didn't get a single call,

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<v Speaker 2>or if the only calls I got were Dennis, come on,

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<v Speaker 2>you talk about serious subjects. What is this a happy hour?

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<v Speaker 2>What are you at a bar? Right? That's the way

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<v Speaker 2>people associated happy hour. In fact, I used to say

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<v Speaker 2>happy hour is the only one you don't get anebriated

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<v Speaker 2>in and you still leave happier. In fact, you do

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<v Speaker 2>leave happier. So I be curious when you first met

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<v Speaker 2>The Happiness Hour one eight Praeger seven seven six and

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm fou I'm listening for the first time. I

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<v Speaker 2>have not heard any of this. This I purposely didn't want.

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<v Speaker 2>I want this to be as spontaneous for me as

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<v Speaker 2>it is for you. And I picked a great subject

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<v Speaker 2>for the first broadcast on happiness, and that is that

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<v Speaker 2>we compare ourselves to others that we think are happier

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<v Speaker 2>than us. Oh, continue about it. Everybody that you know well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know how much pain and unhappiness they have had

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<v Speaker 2>in their lives. Right. It's only people you don't know

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<v Speaker 2>well that you assume have been much freer of pain

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<v Speaker 2>and unhappiness than you have. But as soon as you

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<v Speaker 2>get to know people, I'll never forget. This was really

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<v Speaker 2>a dramatic moment for me. I know this. And by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, the moment you really know this, the moment

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<v Speaker 2>you really know this, you'll never be jealous again. And

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<v Speaker 2>jealousy is one of the greatest obstacles to happiness in

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<v Speaker 2>the human condition. People are jealous and they get unhappy.

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<v Speaker 2>Jealousy is totally subversive. But there's nothing to be jealous of.

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<v Speaker 2>But let me tell you how we could play tricks

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<v Speaker 2>on ourselves. I am very brain centered, and I know

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm telling you to be true and I have

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<v Speaker 2>incorporated into my life. But listen to this. A few

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<v Speaker 2>years ago, I was on a book tour for the

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<v Speaker 2>book prior to my book on Happiness, and I was

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<v Speaker 2>in a I won't say what city, because it's possible

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<v Speaker 2>it could be traced to. You know, somebody listening could

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<v Speaker 2>figure it out, and I don't want to betray a confidence.

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<v Speaker 2>But I was on a major city in the South,

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<v Speaker 2>major American city. I was on this talk show during

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<v Speaker 2>the day, and this talk show host was in his thirties,

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<v Speaker 2>very successful, prime time show. Good looking guy. He has

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<v Speaker 2>a picture in the studio of his wife and children.

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<v Speaker 2>She's beautiful, the kids are beautiful. This guy is happy.

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<v Speaker 2>He's telling me how much he loves living in this city.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think to myself, which is the way most

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<v Speaker 2>of us do think, I'm thinking, my God, I think

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<v Speaker 2>I may have met a guy who has everything well.

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<v Speaker 2>We continue the interview and then there is of course

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<v Speaker 2>a commercial break. During the commercial break, we start talking

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<v Speaker 2>about our mutual love of computers and how we both

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<v Speaker 2>love the Internet, and he says to me, Dennis, I

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<v Speaker 2>can't tell you how valuable I find the Internet. And

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<v Speaker 2>I say, really, me too. He said, well, let me

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<v Speaker 2>tell you. I type in multiple sclerosis and I have

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<v Speaker 2>learned so much about that disease. I said, well, why

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<v Speaker 2>did Why do you concern yourself with multiple sclerosis? Is

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<v Speaker 2>because my wife has it? And I tell you, I

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<v Speaker 2>have the chills as I relate that story to you,

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<v Speaker 2>because I remember thinking, Dennis, you fool. You violated your

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<v Speaker 2>own knowledge, your own principles of happiness in thinking, well,

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<v Speaker 2>here's a guy bereft of problems. No one is no one,

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<v Speaker 2>no one, no one, no one. People, even if they

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<v Speaker 2>don't have a wife with multiple sclerosis or a child

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<v Speaker 2>who's ill or something, people have demons. Every single human

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<v Speaker 2>on earth has demons. Every one of you listening has demons.

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<v Speaker 2>Something in you that is that that is self destructive,

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<v Speaker 2>that pushes you into into into arenas that will hurt you.

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<v Speaker 2>For this one, it's in the area of emotions for

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<v Speaker 2>this one, in sex for this one, in booze for

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<v Speaker 2>this one, in drugs for this one, in money for

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<v Speaker 2>this one, in power, for this one, it's insecurity. For

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<v Speaker 2>this one, it's in the physical realm. I mean, it's endless,

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<v Speaker 2>so we compare ourselves to We'll tell you another reason.

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<v Speaker 2>People compare themselves to others and think others are happier.

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<v Speaker 2>All around you are images of happy people. Right. Everybody

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<v Speaker 2>is smiling in ads, everybody is smiling on billboards. Do

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<v Speaker 2>you ever see a picture of your grandparents. I'll bet

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have one picture of a smiling grandparent. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're certainly, if you're my age generation, let me remind

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<v Speaker 2>you you're listening to what we finally found. The first

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<v Speaker 2>broadcast of The Happiness Hour January nineteen ninety nine. Can't

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<v Speaker 2>continue you see any pictures. I was just watching the

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<v Speaker 2>Civil War on PBS on tape. It's not on PBS now.

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<v Speaker 2>I bought an on tape series. By the way, let

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<v Speaker 2>me explain for some of the younger listeners. Prior to Netflix,

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<v Speaker 2>people used tape to watch movies. It would move across

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<v Speaker 2>from one spool to another spool. It wasn't that long ago.

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<v Speaker 2>You actually now you can't use it with me, Sean,

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<v Speaker 2>It's amazing. The president feels powerful when he enters Air

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<v Speaker 2>Force one. Sean feels powerful when he puts on the

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<v Speaker 2>laugh tracks. We continue gotten all these awards, correctly so,

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<v Speaker 2>deservedly so. And all the pictures from the Civil War,

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<v Speaker 2>not one person is smiling. And I don't mean wounded soldiers,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean before they became soldiers, after they got home.

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<v Speaker 2>Not one person in any picture, not one general, not

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<v Speaker 2>one private, one civilian, is smiling because it never occurred

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<v Speaker 2>to them. Why would I smile for a picture? Who

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<v Speaker 2>walks around smiling? People who walk around smiling all the

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<v Speaker 2>time are institutionalized, right right, So we walk around thinking

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<v Speaker 2>these other people are all happier than us, and that

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<v Speaker 2>makes you more unhappy. This is the happy Hour, a

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<v Speaker 2>new innovation on my show. Maybe we'll do it third

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<v Speaker 2>hour Fridays. We'll see how it goes. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>you are calling, which is already a semi precious stone,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's important stuff. I have come to realize how

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<v Speaker 2>critical happiness is. It took me a long time, my friends.

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<v Speaker 2>It took me a long time to realize that happiness

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<v Speaker 2>was not just a selfish psychological pursuit, but a moral obligation.

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<v Speaker 2>One eighth Prager seven seven six The Happiness Hour.

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<v Speaker 1>This episode of timeless wisdom will continue right after this.

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<v Speaker 4>It's so important to make someone happy, Make just one.

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<v Speaker 1>Now come back to more of Dennis Prager's wisdom to you.

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<v Speaker 5>You sing to.

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<v Speaker 4>One, smile to change one, fights one of one.

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<v Speaker 2>Your you're everything too. That's that's what a man wants

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<v Speaker 2>to be everything to his woman. There was more wisdom

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<v Speaker 2>in that song than in the entire departments of of

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<v Speaker 2>women's and gender studies at all of the universities put together.

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<v Speaker 2>If all you knew was what Jimmy Duranti sang, you

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<v Speaker 2>could lead a better life than getting a PhD in

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<v Speaker 2>gender studies or women's studies in terms of interaction with

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<v Speaker 2>the opposite sex. I say it with no joy, but anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>that's why we found out breaking university to undo what

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<v Speaker 2>most universities do. Welcome back to the Happiness Hour and

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<v Speaker 2>the It's a real special one today because I am

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<v Speaker 2>playing for you the first Happiness Hour I ever did

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen ninety nine. Let me take some calls here and

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<v Speaker 2>it's fun to listen to. That's the reason I have

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<v Speaker 2>not heard it, so I have no idea what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>about to say, but I'm pretty much of the same

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<v Speaker 2>opinion as then. Here is someone who claims to have

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<v Speaker 2>heard that first show, Michael in Prescott, Arizona. Hi, Michael, Hi, Well.

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<v Speaker 6>I claim, and I actually did hear it.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you know you heard the first?

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know. You've talked about Missus Celushkin and that

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<v Speaker 6>insight more than once, so you know, as possible, I'm

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<v Speaker 6>just sort of retrofitting. But I just remember because you're

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<v Speaker 6>the only person that I had ever heard of until

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<v Speaker 6>then to talk about happiness and that I went to

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<v Speaker 6>law school with Michael Josephson, by the way, and I

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<v Speaker 6>didn't know him, but you know he came on to

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<v Speaker 6>be prominent.

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<v Speaker 2>In the ethics arena.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, And but I had never heard anyone before you

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<v Speaker 6>talk about that, and I think that's probably I would

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<v Speaker 6>say that your greatest insight, the idea of that that

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<v Speaker 6>people compare, no matter what they feel like, they always

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<v Speaker 6>think somebody else is better off and emotionally, and never

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<v Speaker 6>heard any And I just nineteen ninety nine. That's not

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<v Speaker 6>that long ago. I've been listening to you for many

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<v Speaker 6>more years than that, and so I do remember that program.

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<v Speaker 6>I was in Fullerton in those days, and so hurt

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<v Speaker 6>on Caro La or the previous station wherever you were.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I'll tell you, I'm very touched. Thank you very much.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a big one, that comparing, and it's in

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<v Speaker 2>the book, by the way, one of the chapters in

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<v Speaker 2>the book. Of course, I've done so many shows. How

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<v Speaker 2>many shows? Does that mean? If I started in January

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<v Speaker 2>ninety nine? So yeah, figure forty forty five even oh, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>just for okay, so four hundred and forty four hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and forty yeah, some even closer to five hundred, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>five hundred shows, and I would say that we've had

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<v Speaker 2>about three hundred topics. So obviously vast numbers of these

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<v Speaker 2>are not in the Book on Happiness. Let's go to

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<v Speaker 2>another call here and thank you, Michael. I appreciate that

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<v Speaker 2>a lot. Let's go to uh, let's stay in Arizona

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<v Speaker 2>for a moment. Phoenix and Mike. Hello, Mike, Dennis.

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<v Speaker 7>Prager, Hi, Dennis, how are you today?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay?

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<v Speaker 7>Thanks, we're calling you doctor Happiness.

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<v Speaker 2>That's nice. I like that title.

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<v Speaker 7>I did hear your first program. Now that i'm hearing

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<v Speaker 7>it again, I've been listening to you for a long time,

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<v Speaker 7>and I use some of your teachings on my children.

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<v Speaker 7>My twenty one year old just got married and when

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<v Speaker 7>she was twelve, she came to me and said, Daddy,

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<v Speaker 7>I'm bored. And I said, well, honey, then you must

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<v Speaker 7>be a boring person. And she goes, that's not very nice,

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<v Speaker 7>and I said, honey, you can choose to do anything

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<v Speaker 7>you want. You could read a book, you could call

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<v Speaker 7>your friends, you could ride ther bike. But you come

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<v Speaker 7>to me to make you happy. You need to decide

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<v Speaker 7>this on your own. So she went and she read

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<v Speaker 7>a book. And then two weeks later, the best part

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<v Speaker 7>of this whole story, she comes back says Daddy, I'm

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<v Speaker 7>never mind, and.

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<v Speaker 2>She I love it. I love it. Well, I get

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<v Speaker 2>credit for that, and I am very, very delighted that

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<v Speaker 2>my kids stopped I am bored. They gave up on

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<v Speaker 2>that so fast, just like his daughter, because that would

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<v Speaker 2>be by Lyne. Then you're boring. There was no excuse

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<v Speaker 2>for being born in In the world in which we live,

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<v Speaker 2>you're in solitary confinement or or I don't know, you

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<v Speaker 2>just collect cow dung all day in medieval Europe. Maybe

0:25:12.280 --> 0:25:16.880
<v Speaker 2>you have a right to say I'm bored, but there's

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<v Speaker 2>no right to say that in the world in which

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<v Speaker 2>we live. In the opportunities that are available to us,

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<v Speaker 2>take more of your calls, and we'll hear who the

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<v Speaker 2>first caller ever was to that show. And we come

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<v Speaker 2>back on the Dennis Prager Happiness Hour.

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<v Speaker 1>This episode of timeless Wisdom. We'll continue right after this.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to more of Dennis Prager's timeless wisdom.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll never hear this particular one again. We found the

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<v Speaker 2>recording of my first Happiness Hour. This is the Happiness

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<v Speaker 2>Hour the Dennis Praguer Show, every Friday, second hour. I

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<v Speaker 2>gave it a try twelve years ago, twelve and a

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<v Speaker 2>half years ago, and even said if this doesn't work, well,

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<v Speaker 2>we just won't do it again. But it worked. And

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<v Speaker 2>my first subject was people comparing themselves to others, and

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<v Speaker 2>we compare ourselves always to those we think are happier

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<v Speaker 2>than us, who've had a less difficult life, and then

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<v Speaker 2>makes us even more unhappy. Continue, please, I've come to

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<v Speaker 2>realize how critical happiness is in people's lives. Cindy in

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<v Speaker 2>your car, thanks for calling him. You are indeed okay.

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<v Speaker 8>I think this is a great idea good anyway. My

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<v Speaker 8>comment is that I am a very happy person, and

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<v Speaker 8>I think that people get turned off when you're you're

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<v Speaker 8>too happy, and you know, thinking about the story. You

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<v Speaker 8>just told that when you're looking at someone's life, you

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<v Speaker 8>know everyone has demons. Well, that's also part of figuring

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<v Speaker 8>out that nothing's perfect and life isn't perfect, so you

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<v Speaker 8>have to just make the best of it. And I

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<v Speaker 8>think also people get turned off with your if you're

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<v Speaker 8>too unhappy. Whenever someone goes to something, I'm sure you

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<v Speaker 8>know everyone has had a bad time, right.

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<v Speaker 2>So people have turned off if you're very unhappy or

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<v Speaker 2>if you're very happy. Well, that's a very good question.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, it's easy to turn people off, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>I was curious to know what the first call would

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<v Speaker 2>be in it, and now that was the that was?

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<v Speaker 2>That was it? Cindy, wherever Cindy is. Cindy, if you're listening,

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<v Speaker 2>love to hear from you. We'll give you some sort

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<v Speaker 2>of prize. Was Scilla, uh Alaska? And Curtis. Hello, Curtis,

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<v Speaker 2>Dennis Prager.

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<v Speaker 9>Heh, Dennis, it's very nice to talk to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, thank you.

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<v Speaker 9>So what I was telling your the first I just

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<v Speaker 9>spoke with is that I heard it, oh several years

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<v Speaker 9>ago that you should be kind to everyone you meet

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<v Speaker 9>because everyone you meet is in a great battle. And

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<v Speaker 9>it's similar to what you spoke. Cal Go about your

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<v Speaker 9>friend who thought you had the most happy person ever met.

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<v Speaker 9>So that's what I do. I try to do. It's

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<v Speaker 9>not always that, but be kind. Everyone's in a great battle.

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<v Speaker 2>Excellent. When did you first become acquainted with this Happiness Hour?

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<v Speaker 9>Well in just the last few months. I've been listening

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<v Speaker 9>to you for a couple of years, but maybe the

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<v Speaker 9>Happy Hour didn't really connect. But I've paid more attention

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<v Speaker 9>to it in your recent months.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, well, thank you for that. By the way, there

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<v Speaker 2>are a few people, and then it is few. It's

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<v Speaker 2>overwhelmingly popular. But I periodically will get an email and

0:28:43.200 --> 0:28:45.440
<v Speaker 2>it's always from a guy. I've never gotten this from

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<v Speaker 2>a woman, and that is that is love your show.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen everything except the Happiness Hour. I'm a political junkie,

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<v Speaker 2>and I always wonder is that person introspective? It's not,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I don't hold it against the person, obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just wonder, is if you are only interested

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<v Speaker 2>in politics, and there are such people right and left,

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<v Speaker 2>then obviously I have to believe you're not terribly introspective

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<v Speaker 2>of what is going on inside of me. And I

0:29:25.120 --> 0:29:28.360
<v Speaker 2>can't live such a life. The micro and the Macro

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<v Speaker 2>are both incredibly important. Alrighty, let's go to Chad in

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<v Speaker 2>Los Angeles, California. Hello, Chad Dennis Prager. Hello, Okay, thanks great.

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<v Speaker 10>I was calling the quote the only I only.

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<v Speaker 2>The only happy people I know are people I don't know.

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<v Speaker 10>Well, right, I disagree with that. I feel that I

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<v Speaker 10>know quite a few people that are happy. I myself

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<v Speaker 10>am very happy. I don't have a perfect everybody has problem.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's what she meant, though, that's what you see.

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<v Speaker 2>You're fully right. If you take her literally, then of

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<v Speaker 2>course it's not true. There are happy people obviously, but

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<v Speaker 2>that's not what she really meant. She really meant to say,

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<v Speaker 2>don't be fooled. Please know that everybody has real burdens

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<v Speaker 2>and pains. Okay, okay, so that's good. I'm glad you called,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm glad to make that clear. Most of the

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<v Speaker 2>time when I have given that quote, when I have

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<v Speaker 2>cited that quote, I think the live audiences. I can

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<v Speaker 2>never tell from the radio, but a live audience will laugh.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not because they don't think that there were

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<v Speaker 2>any happy people on earth. They laugh because of the

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<v Speaker 2>deeper truth of it. That don't get fooled by thinking

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<v Speaker 2>this other person is happy, go lucky and they have

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<v Speaker 2>a painless life. There's no such thing. Okay, and let's

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<v Speaker 2>go to Orange, California and Diane Diane Dennis Prager.

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<v Speaker 5>Hi, Hi, Dennis.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi.

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<v Speaker 5>I just wanted to tell you I remember distinctly the

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<v Speaker 5>First Happiness Hour because I have multiple sclerosis. Oh that example.

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<v Speaker 5>I went, you know what, Dennis is right, and I'm

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<v Speaker 5>happy anyway. But something like that is just not going

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<v Speaker 5>to make you unhappy. It's how you react to it.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a quote that I cited recently. A very

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<v Speaker 2>popular sportscaster died and he had I think, some terrible

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<v Speaker 2>cancer and he said I quoted him on the show

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<v Speaker 2>this past week. I think it was in the obituary

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<v Speaker 2>they mentioned this. He said, what is it? Life is

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<v Speaker 2>eighty percent what is given to you and no, No,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty percent is what you're dealt and eighty percent is

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<v Speaker 2>how you react to it.

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<v Speaker 5>You can't control the wind, but you can't adjust your sails.

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<v Speaker 2>God, there must be so many sayings that say that

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<v Speaker 2>same thing. Well, that's very touching to me that you

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<v Speaker 2>have multiple sclerosis and heard the first show.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, and I know you've you've told that story since,

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<v Speaker 5>but even then it just hit me like a ton.

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<v Speaker 3>Of bricks and I, well, God bless you, and I

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<v Speaker 3>mean that well, hm.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I would like I would like to

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<v Speaker 2>know how many sayings there are that make that same point.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not I'll give you another one. It's not the

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<v Speaker 2>it's not the cards you're dealt it's how you play them,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. So we now have the wind in the sails.

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<v Speaker 2>Any of you know more said even come on in

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<v Speaker 2>on the on the phone or said via an email.

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<v Speaker 2>You're listening to the Dennis Prager Show. I played for

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<v Speaker 2>you today the first Happiness Hour. We found it and

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<v Speaker 2>it's been a lot of fun. And let me take

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<v Speaker 2>as many call as I can before the end of

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<v Speaker 2>this particular hour celebrating twelve and a half years consecutively

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<v Speaker 2>of the Happiness Hour. And let's see here Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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<v Speaker 2>and Marianne Dennis Prager.

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<v Speaker 11>Hi, Dennis, good afternoon. It's a pleasure to speak with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 11>I've been listening to your show for about three years.

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<v Speaker 11>Two thousand and eight got me started. And if there

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<v Speaker 11>was one hour of radio time I have a week,

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<v Speaker 11>it would have to be the Happiness Hour. Wherever I am,

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<v Speaker 11>I try to tune into it because it really does

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<v Speaker 11>make a difference in my life. And the happy people

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<v Speaker 11>really do make the world happier and make.

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<v Speaker 2>The world better, make the world better better.

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<v Speaker 11>They do make the world better, that's right. And one

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<v Speaker 11>of my happiest friends is a woman who lost her

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<v Speaker 11>husband quite unexpectedly eighteen months ago, and yet every day

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<v Speaker 11>she greets with a smile and the decision to choose

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<v Speaker 11>to be happy, and it's a great blessing to me.

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<v Speaker 11>One of my favorite happiness quotes is by Ray Bradbury.

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<v Speaker 11>I'm sure you're familiar with it. You can make yourself

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<v Speaker 11>happy or miserable. It's the same amount of effort.

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<v Speaker 2>That's terrific, you know. I'll tell you the truth. We

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<v Speaker 2>ought to collect some of these because you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>collective wisdom of the audience is infinitely greater than mine.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I defer to you in that sense, and

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<v Speaker 2>I would love to have you send me some intelligent quotes.

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<v Speaker 2>One of our favorite and we have it on the

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<v Speaker 2>happiness video at Prager University, is Lincoln's And we decide

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<v Speaker 2>what is it? We decide to be as happy as

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<v Speaker 2>we know it's no, no, my favorite quote, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>walling it anyway. It's essentially that we decide whether to

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<v Speaker 2>be happy or not. It's as simple as that, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's very that's obviously critical. Carmen in Paris, California.

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<v Speaker 12>High Yeah, my name is Carmen, and I like to

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<v Speaker 12>hear your show is beautiful, and especially I learn more

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<v Speaker 12>from a Hysland because he loves your show. So I

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<v Speaker 12>learn more of the language because I hear your voice

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<v Speaker 12>and I two classes. I get more provision in the language.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know that kind of well, well, that means

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<v Speaker 2>a lot to me. A lot of immigrants have told

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<v Speaker 2>me that they have learned a lot of English through

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<v Speaker 2>listening to the show, and I think of that all

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<v Speaker 2>the time, and I try. It's one of the reasons

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<v Speaker 2>I try to speak as clearly and not too fast

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<v Speaker 2>as possible. So on this anniversary, forgive me if I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't get to your call. It was a once in

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<v Speaker 2>a lifetime. A review of the first show, now call

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<v Speaker 2>in on Anything under the Sun, Lighters and Gentleman. The

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<v Speaker 2>Music introduces a new dimension to the Dennis Prager program.

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<v Speaker 1>On tomorrow's episode of Dennis Teaches the Torah.

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<v Speaker 4>A lot of people believe that the purpose of life

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<v Speaker 4>is having children, and in a Jewish life, there's a

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<v Speaker 4>particular sense of nah us from children. Many of you

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<v Speaker 4>have heard the term nahus. It's both Yiddish and Hebrew.

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<v Speaker 4>It means joy and pride in some combination thereof. And

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<v Speaker 4>that the purpose of life is to nothus from your children.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's not true, and woe unto the child whose

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<v Speaker 4>parents feel that way.

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<v Speaker 1>Come back tomorrow for Dennis Prager's signature series. In the

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<v Speaker 1>first five books of the Bible, Dennis teaches the Torah.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been timeless wisdom with Dennis Prager. Visit Dennisprager

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