Happiness is in doing, not in the getting what you want.

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Happiness is in doing, not in the getting what you want.

Jesse

Before Sunset · 2004

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Happiness

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Romantic drama (film)Drama (film)Romantic drama Drama

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2004

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Jesse

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Before Sunset. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/ Detour Filmproduction/Columbia Pictures, 2004.

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