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How People Get Happy - 7 Secrets to Finding Happiness
Six leading authors, performers and thinkers—and one NYC taxi driver—share their secrets to finding joy. 
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the May 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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Cornel West

PhD, author and professor of African-American studies at Princeton

"Most people try to escape their daily lives through stimulation or titillation. But spiritual uplift happens through real connection—conversation, community, action, music. I lift my spirits listening to Mahalia Jackson."
Printed from Oprah.com on Sunday, May 19, 2013
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