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"Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it."
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"When she heard about Mitch, it was Roberta that talked me into making the pizza.'You have to! she'd nearly shrieked. She did this because I'd waxed on perhaps a little too enthusiastically about Mitch's looks, his warm smile and his neighborly behavior.I shook my head. 'I don't know. He freaks me out.'Yeah, I get that. Johnny Depp came in and fixed my faucet then told me he wanted to try my pizza that would freak me out too. But I'd still make him my freaking pizza."

"If a man admires a woman he had something in his mind that he would like to carry further. If a woman admires a man, she had definitely made up her mind."

"Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion."

"You are a perfect woman, a magical blend of beauty, intelligence, and spirit. Without you, my life is nothing."

"I think it's kinda nice.' And I did. my mom isn't famous for her pies. No, she's famous for defusing a nuclear device in Brussels with only a pair of cuticle scissors and a ponytail holder. Somehow, at the moment, pies seemed cooler."

"Mister, when I see my first lady angel, if God ever sees fit to show me one, it'll be her wings not her face that'll make my mouth fall open. I've already seen the prettiest face that ever could be."

"Conor, I could search the world for another swashbuckling scientist, but I doubt if I would find one like you."

"By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown."

"There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day."

"Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt."
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"The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them."
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