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"I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days."

"I grew up in Cambridge in England, and my love of mathematics dates from those early childhood days."

Andrew Wiles, English Mathematician

Love, Childhood, England, Mathematics

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"The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward."

"The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward."

Shana Alexander, American Journalist

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"Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat."

"Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat."

Ben Hecht, American Writer

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"Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!"

"Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!"

Oliver Reed, English Actor

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"Like a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all thoughts of you for the end of the day so I can dream with the taste of you on my tongue."

"Like a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all thoughts of you for the end of the day so I can dream with the taste of you on my tongue."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Love, Dream, Taste, Memory

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"To live with you is to live.To live without you is to die."

"To live with you is to live.To live without you is to die."

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Love, Life, Death, Dependency

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"True lovers spend half of their life dreaming to get their beloved and half with nightmares losing them."

"True lovers spend half of their life dreaming to get their beloved and half with nightmares losing them."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Love, Dream, Nightmare, Loss

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"I picked up the Joss Stone album, Josh Groban, and the new Norah Jones. I love, love, love Norah."

"I picked up the Joss Stone album, Josh Groban, and the new Norah Jones. I love, love, love Norah."

Deborah Cox, Canadian Musician

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"I mean, I don't necessarily want to leave because I have this job, but I would love to do a good play."

"I mean, I don't necessarily want to leave because I have this job, but I would love to do a good play."

Erika Slezak, American Actress

Love, Job, Play, Want

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"I am one of the people who love the why of things."

"I am one of the people who love the why of things."

Catherine II, Russian Statesman

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"Religious guilt will never grow the kind of love you want in someone."

"Religious guilt will never grow the kind of love you want in someone."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Love, Guilt, Religion, Faith

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"And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life."

"And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

Love, Aging, Emotion, Awakening

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"My ugly one, I love you for your waist of gold,my beauty, I love you because of a wrinkle on your forehead,love, I love you because you are clear and dark."

"My ugly one, I love you for your waist of gold,my beauty, I love you because of a wrinkle on your forehead,love, I love you because you are clear and dark."

Pablo Neruda, Chilean Writer

Love, Imperfection, Affection, Beauty

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"Loves are like empires: when the idea they are founded on crumbles, they too, fade away."

"Loves are like empires: when the idea they are founded on crumbles, they too, fade away."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Love, Idea, Belief, Foundation

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"I am wealthy in my friends."

"I am wealthy in my friends."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Love, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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"But duets are a lot of fun, I'd love to do another one."

"But duets are a lot of fun, I'd love to do another one."

Lita Ford, American Musician

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"Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors."

"Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors."

Jean Baudrillard, French Sociologist

Love, Feelings, Courage, Affectation

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"Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself."

"Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself."

Zhang Ziyi, Chinese Actress

Love, Time, Work, Actor

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"America fell in love with the innocence of a kid who just was honest, saying, I did the best I could, and I had no formal training."

"America fell in love with the innocence of a kid who just was honest, saying, I did the best I could, and I had no formal training."

Paula Abdul, American Musician

Love, America, Innocence, Saying

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"What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't."

"What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't."

Cab Calloway, American Musician

Love, Name, Opera, Violence

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"I can take a lot of pats on the back. I love it when I get admiring letters from people. And, of course, I'd love it if the critics would notice me, too."

"I can take a lot of pats on the back. I love it when I get admiring letters from people. And, of course, I'd love it if the critics would notice me, too."

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

Love, People, Letters

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"Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old."

"Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old."

John Ciardi, English Dramatist

Love, Dependence, Excitement, Old

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"But somehow I feel like still it's a gift, and I wonder, how can I give this gift to others? Just work hard, and do whatever I can do, to be that, and to return the love to the fans. I like to give them joy and smiles to them. Give back to them."

"But somehow I feel like still it's a gift, and I wonder, how can I give this gift to others? Just work hard, and do whatever I can do, to be that, and to return the love to the fans. I like to give them joy and smiles to them. Give back to them."

Bai Ling, Chinese Actress

Love, Work, Fans, Joy

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"You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man."

"You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man."

Wellington Mara, American Businessman

Love, Fear, Man, Mankind

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"I really, really love music. I'm affected by it and uplifted by it, and made to laugh and cry, and almost fall in love with the person who has made me feel so brilliant and communicated so profoundly to me."

"I really, really love music. I'm affected by it and uplifted by it, and made to laugh and cry, and almost fall in love with the person who has made me feel so brilliant and communicated so profoundly to me."

Siobhan Fahey, British Musician

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"I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me."

"I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me."

Nicolas De Chamfort, French Writer

Love, Attention

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"Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough."

"Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough."

Pierre Beaumarchais, French Inventor

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"Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin."

"Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin."

Jose Bergamin, Spanish Writer

Love, Sensuality, Sin

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"I just loved and love life. I love it today."

"I just loved and love life. I love it today."

Jayne Meadows, American Actress

Love, Life, Today

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"I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Nine hours over a rough road are enough to root out the most passionate love of that kind."

"I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Nine hours over a rough road are enough to root out the most passionate love of that kind."

Maria Mitchell, American Scientist

Love, Life, Dying, Road

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"I believe that when you're in love you have to pour your heart and soul out to your partner... or why bother? So in that sense I'm an incurable romantic when it comes to men."

"I believe that when you're in love you have to pour your heart and soul out to your partner... or why bother? So in that sense I'm an incurable romantic when it comes to men."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

Love, Men, Soul, Heart

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"I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you have a man. Well, in some ways it's true. I am a feminist to a point. But I'm not going to deny the fact that I love to be with men."

"I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you have a man. Well, in some ways it's true. I am a feminist to a point. But I'm not going to deny the fact that I love to be with men."

Goldie Hawn, American Actress

Love, Men, Fact, Man

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"One of my theories is that men love with their eyes; women love with their ears."

"One of my theories is that men love with their eyes; women love with their ears."

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian Actress

Love, Men, Women, Eyes

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"I honestly, sincerely love what I do."

"I honestly, sincerely love what I do."

Mary Hart, American Entertainer

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"The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music."

"The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music."

Stendhal, French Writer

Love, Music, Habit, Argument

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"Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise."

"Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise."

Leo Buscaglia, American Author

Love, Lie, Man, Promise

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"Well I like everything but my first love has always been piano because when I started out there was a piano in my house and it was there so I just started tinkling on it really so it's always been my first love."

"Well I like everything but my first love has always been piano because when I started out there was a piano in my house and it was there so I just started tinkling on it really so it's always been my first love."

Jack Bruce, British Musician

Love, First, First love

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"Basically the children who watch it just see the little characters they love, and so they're not discerning about whether it looks great or it's a great story or anything."

"Basically the children who watch it just see the little characters they love, and so they're not discerning about whether it looks great or it's a great story or anything."

Don Bluth, American Artist

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"Love is so confusing - you tell a girl she looks great and what's the first thing you do? Turn out the lights!"

"Love is so confusing - you tell a girl she looks great and what's the first thing you do? Turn out the lights!"

Robert Orben, American Entertainer

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"I think Janeane Garofalo is incredibly funny, and I love Dennis Miller."

"I think Janeane Garofalo is incredibly funny, and I love Dennis Miller."

Kristen Johnston, American Actress

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"We are all members of a single humanity, inside our hearts we all speak the same language, we all love our children and our parents, we all live in the same world."

"We are all members of a single humanity, inside our hearts we all speak the same language, we all love our children and our parents, we all live in the same world."

Marc Forne Molne, Andorran Politician

Love, Children, Humanity, Language

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"Music is the best way for me to say I love you."

"Music is the best way for me to say I love you."

Mireille Mathieu, French Musician

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"Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it."

"Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it."

William Penn, English Leader

Love, Christianity, Care, Reason

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"I love doing six versions of any joke, so if they'll give me six takes, I'd love to do it."

"I love doing six versions of any joke, so if they'll give me six takes, I'd love to do it."

Ryan Reynolds, Canadian Actor

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"I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty."

"I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

Love, Liberty, Nation, Poor

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"I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable."

"I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable."

Todd Barry, American Comedian

Love, Thanksgiving

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"Job was astonished at seeing Almighty God so intent on doing good to us that He seems to have nothing more at heart than to love us and to induce us to love Him in return."

"Job was astonished at seeing Almighty God so intent on doing good to us that He seems to have nothing more at heart than to love us and to induce us to love Him in return."

Alphonsus Liguori, Italian Clergyman

Love, God, Heart, Job

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"I love a lot of Colorado and upper Utah. I think some of the most beautiful terrain is upper BC."

"I love a lot of Colorado and upper Utah. I think some of the most beautiful terrain is upper BC."

Joe Lando, American Actor

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"The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains."

"The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Love, Ability, Consciousness, Space

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"One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any love - reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness."

"One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any love - reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness."

Cesare Pavese, Italian Poet

Love, Misery, Nothingness, Vulnerability

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