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"Marriage is an honorable estate and should not be used simply as an excuse for legal intercourse."
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"To a man who was required to marry before he was allowed to have sex with his lover, marriage is a 'righteous' form of prostitution."
"12% of people marry because they are completely in love. 88% of people marry just so they are then liable for only half of their rent."
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"I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget."
"I'm 0 for 3 with marriage - the scoreboard doesn't lie, never has. So what we all have is a marriage of the heart. To sully or contaminate or radically disrespect this union with a shameful contract is something that I will leave to the amateurs and the Bible grippers."
"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards."
"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?"
"A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement."
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"Individual words, sounds, squiggles on paper with no meanings other than those with which our imagination can clothe them."
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