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Daily Inspiration Quote by Richard O'Brien

"I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so"

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There’s a quiet defiance in how O’Brien frames happiness as something almost embarrassingly practical: not fame, not legacy, not the grand arc of an artist’s life, but a roomful of “supportive, gentle, kind” people and the daily fact of still being here. The repetition of soft adjectives isn’t just sentimental; it’s a deliberate re-centering of value. He’s pointing the camera away from the public story - the cult status, the persona, the noise - and toward the private infrastructure that actually keeps a person upright.

The key move is “I’m surrounded by it.” That’s an image of immersion, not achievement. Love here isn’t a prize he earned; it’s an environment he recognizes, maybe even one he once lacked. For someone whose career is tied to performance and transformation, the line reads like an offstage corrective: the most meaningful thing isn’t the character you become, but the people who stay close when the lights come up.

The gratitude is pointedly specific: “every day that I’m on the planet.” That phrasing carries the faint shadow of fragility - age, illness, close calls, the awareness that time is not abstract. The final clause, “and that continues to be so,” lands like a small vow: not a triumphant declaration, but a steady commitment to noticing what’s good while it’s still present.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
O'Brien, Richard. (2026, January 16). I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-surrounded-by-it-i-have-so-many-lovely-people-94784/

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O'Brien, Richard. "I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-surrounded-by-it-i-have-so-many-lovely-people-94784/.

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"I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-surrounded-by-it-i-have-so-many-lovely-people-94784/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Richard O'Brien (born March 25, 1942) is a Actor from England.

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