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"It is bitter to lose a friend to evil, before one loses him to death."
Mary Renault
"It is bitter to lose a friend to evil, before one loses him to death."
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"The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself."
Marjorie Holmes
"The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself."
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"To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind."
William Hazlitt
"To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind."
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"I get readings, I sometimes get five a week. You'll feel like a schizophrenic by the end of that week. I don't know who I am any more. You'll be in conversation with a friend and start spitting out dialogue."
Josh Holloway
"I get readings, I sometimes get five a week. You'll feel like a schizophrenic by the end of that week. I don't know who I am any more. You'll be in conversation with a friend and start spitting out dialogue."
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"Yeah, the industry has always been both the enemy and the best friend of the artist. They need each other. That's the bottom line."
Chrissie Hynde
"Yeah, the industry has always been both the enemy and the best friend of the artist. They need each other. That's the bottom line."
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"If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy."
Michael Phelps
"If I didn't swim my best, I'd think about it at school, at dinner, with my friends. It would drive me crazy."
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"My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self."
Neil LaBute
"My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self."
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"Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?"
Alan King
"Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?"
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"Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust."
Jesse Owens
"Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust."
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"I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours."
John McCain
"I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours."
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"I was stuck at home in bed with me and got more and more involved with the Internet. I used it to keep in contact with friends and to make sure I was up to date with everything that was going on in the world."
Benjamin Cohen
"I was stuck at home in bed with me and got more and more involved with the Internet. I used it to keep in contact with friends and to make sure I was up to date with everything that was going on in the world."
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"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places."
Mark Twain
"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places."
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"If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius."
Joseph Addison
"If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius."
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"There was a friend of ours who worked with a girl who had said she would consider being a surrogate. We met her and right away she was awesome. We were looking for someone who could take care of themselves and it was pretty clear she could."
Christopher Meloni
"There was a friend of ours who worked with a girl who had said she would consider being a surrogate. We met her and right away she was awesome. We were looking for someone who could take care of themselves and it was pretty clear she could."
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"The last fight for the white metal is to be made here in this country and in this House, my friends."
Richard Parks Bland
"The last fight for the white metal is to be made here in this country and in this House, my friends."
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"Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends."
Philip Stanhope
"Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends."
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"Sportswriters. They were all my friends. They were racetrack guys and so was I."
Art Rooney
"Sportswriters. They were all my friends. They were racetrack guys and so was I."
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"Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love."
Robin Morgan
"Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love."
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"The best of friends fall out, and so his teeth had done some years ago."
Thomas Hood
"The best of friends fall out, and so his teeth had done some years ago."
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"Never exaggerate your faults, your friends will attend to that."
Bob Edwards
"Never exaggerate your faults, your friends will attend to that."
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"A boy said,"Everybody is my friend.Beloved said,"No, not everybody can be your friend. Boy said, "Each one of them is gifted to teach me something new in my life. Beloved said, "I still don't agree. Boy again smilingly said, "Don't divide human, ...divide your soul, you will have everybody as friend. In short, Friends are your own soul divided from you, who will guide you when you will move away from your path."
Santosh Kalwar
"A boy said,"Everybody is my friend.Beloved said,"No, not everybody can be your friend. Boy said, "Each one of them is gifted to teach me something new in my life. Beloved said, "I still don't agree. Boy again smilingly said, "Don't divide human, ...divide your soul, you will have everybody as friend. In short, Friends are your own soul divided from you, who will guide you when you will move away from your path."
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"To put the point sharply: If an informer in the French underground who sent a friend to the torture chambers of the Gestapo was equally a victim, then there can be no right or wrong in life that I understand."
Albert Maltz
"To put the point sharply: If an informer in the French underground who sent a friend to the torture chambers of the Gestapo was equally a victim, then there can be no right or wrong in life that I understand."
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"The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country."
James Wolfe
"The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country."
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"For decades, Japan has been a friend and reliable trading partner with the United States, and I anticipate that relationship will prosper."
Jim Costa
"For decades, Japan has been a friend and reliable trading partner with the United States, and I anticipate that relationship will prosper."
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"We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection."
Jean Paul
"We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection."
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"As a Republican, I voted with President Clinton consistently in our efforts to bail out our European friends in Kosovo to stop genocide. I am proud of those votes. I am proud of President Clinton for that."
Gordon Smith
"As a Republican, I voted with President Clinton consistently in our efforts to bail out our European friends in Kosovo to stop genocide. I am proud of those votes. I am proud of President Clinton for that."
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"The weekend brought good news for our friends in the cattle industry. At long last, Japan has taken the steps needed for American beef to make its way back into the Japanese market."
Randy Neugebauer
"The weekend brought good news for our friends in the cattle industry. At long last, Japan has taken the steps needed for American beef to make its way back into the Japanese market."
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"I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example."
Arthur Wellesley
"I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example."
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"No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship."
Francis Marion Crawford
"No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship."
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"It will give them the opportunity to show themselves worthy of the respect and friendship of peace-loving nations, and in time, to take an honorable place among members of the United Nations."
James F. Byrnes
"It will give them the opportunity to show themselves worthy of the respect and friendship of peace-loving nations, and in time, to take an honorable place among members of the United Nations."
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"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes."
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"Maybe if you and ten of your friends could pool your savings and borrow some money and actually buy some obscure station in Sonoma, and then take some chances and have some fun."
Robert McChesney
"Maybe if you and ten of your friends could pool your savings and borrow some money and actually buy some obscure station in Sonoma, and then take some chances and have some fun."
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"Working with people, the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it's a lasting friendship, then it will take care of itself."
John Mayall
"Working with people, the musical part is one thing but the personal part is totally different and just as critical. If the friendship is there and it's a lasting friendship, then it will take care of itself."
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"The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend."
Walter Winchell
"The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend."
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"The rest of the band were basically friends, So it was me following them around and begging them to let me be in their band for two or three years. And they finally let me in on the harmonica, actually, and then the keyboards, and finally the guitar."
Jonny Greenwood
"The rest of the band were basically friends, So it was me following them around and begging them to let me be in their band for two or three years. And they finally let me in on the harmonica, actually, and then the keyboards, and finally the guitar."
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"You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend."
Franz Grillparzer
"You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend."
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"Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war."
Aristophanes
"Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war."
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"When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way."
Eddie Murray
"When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way."
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"Hugh consoled me, saying, 'Don't let it get to you. There are plenty of things you're good at.'When asked for some examples, he listed vacuuming and naming stuffed animals. He says he can probably come up with a few more, but he'll need some time to think."
David Sedaris
"Hugh consoled me, saying, 'Don't let it get to you. There are plenty of things you're good at.'When asked for some examples, he listed vacuuming and naming stuffed animals. He says he can probably come up with a few more, but he'll need some time to think."
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"I get my exercise acting as a pallbearer to my friends who exercise."
Chauncey Depew
"I get my exercise acting as a pallbearer to my friends who exercise."
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"I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible."
Connie Willis
"I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible."
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"But sometimes in the midst of worry, anxiety and hard work, it has been pretty hard to bear all these false reports going about the country - to see my friends alienated and being made to believe things that were absolutely false."
John Harvey Kellogg
"But sometimes in the midst of worry, anxiety and hard work, it has been pretty hard to bear all these false reports going about the country - to see my friends alienated and being made to believe things that were absolutely false."
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"Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship."
Lucan
"Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship."
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"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder."
John F. Kennedy
"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder."
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"Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable."
Louisa May Alcott
"Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable."
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"Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men."
Sextus Propertius
"Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men."
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"Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses."
Caleb Carr
"Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses."
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"If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue."
Alice Duer Miller
"If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue."
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"From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the relationship to its normal condition."
Marcus Aurelius
"From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the relationship to its normal condition."
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"I will chum with you, and suffer when you suffer, and laugh when you laugh. I will bite my tongue when impatient words come. I will keep saying as if it were a ritual: 'He is nothing but a boy - a little boy!"
Dale Carnegie
"I will chum with you, and suffer when you suffer, and laugh when you laugh. I will bite my tongue when impatient words come. I will keep saying as if it were a ritual: 'He is nothing but a boy - a little boy!"
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