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"I suppose when I made Happiness, 10 years ago, the subject matter was more shocking.
Some have signed a Wall of Happiness, including Tony Hsieh, the chief executive of Zappos, who has made happiness an integral part of his business strategy.
However, the act of making many choices with necessarily imperfect information perforce induces anxiety and stress – and once they are made, happiness does not automatically follow.
That prize, more than anything, has made happiness respectable – not only as a subject of study but as a goal for society.
But, in the great sweep of history, I suspect he will be most remembered as the man who made happiness respectable.
When he made Happiness, outraged executives at parent company Universal Studios forced their specialist arm October Films, who owned Solondz's film, to drop it from release (it was released by another company).
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People who are happy choose to make happiness among their top goals in life, according to psychologist Tom G. Stevens, Ph. D. author of You Can Choose to Be Happy.
Organizing your life around trying to become happier, making happiness the primary objective of life, gets in the way of actually becoming happy.
Was David Cameron serious about making happiness a political issue?
I couldn't make Happiness now, even if I wanted to.
And this makes happiness as a social or communal pursuit complicated.
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