"He's the most uniquely giving, loving, happy man, " Patane said.

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"Winning here would turn the year around - I would be a very happy man, " said Casey.

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The French wise man La Rochefoucauld said that we are never as happy or as unhappy as we think we are.

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One man I spoke to, Fayez, said he was happy to see the Russians here if they were going to help the people of Afghanistan.

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Nearly two years ago, Jiangsu Satellite TV's dating show "If You Are the One" caused ripples around the nation when a female contestant said she would rather be unhappy dating a man with a BMW than be happy with a man who rode only a bicycle.

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