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"Love Comes Quickly is our favourite record ever, and it did really badly."

"Love Comes Quickly is our favourite record ever, and it did really badly."

Chris Lowe, English Musician

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"Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere."

"Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Love, Paradise, Hell

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"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."

Dalai Lama, Tibetan Leader

Love, Compassion, Humanity

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"I love being a freak. It's great!"

"I love being a freak. It's great!"

Brian Molko, Belgian Musician

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"Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is same for all."

"Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is same for all."

Virgil, Roman Poet

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"The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love."

"The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love."

Dino De Laurentiis, Italian Director

Love, Drama, Emotion, Suspense

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"People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying."

"People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying."

Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani Scientist

Love, People, Respect

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"Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up."

"Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up."

Nizar Qabbani, Syrian Diplomat

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"If you have been harboring anger or bitterness or jealousy in your heart toward someone-a parent, an ex-spouse, a boss-hand it over to Christ, and ask Him to help you let it go."

"If you have been harboring anger or bitterness or jealousy in your heart toward someone-a parent, an ex-spouse, a boss-hand it over to Christ, and ask Him to help you let it go."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Love, Harboring, Been, Emotion

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"All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!"

"All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!"

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

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"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet."

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

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"Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace."

"Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace."

U. Thant, Burmese Statesman

Love, Peace, Men, Compassion

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"I just love the feeling from the fans and when I'm walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything."

"I just love the feeling from the fans and when I'm walking on deck I can hear people screaming and wishing you the best. That puts you into the game more than anything."

David Ortiz, Dominican Republican Athlete

Love, People, Fans, Feeling

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"I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer."

"I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

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"Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."

"Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."

Mother Teresa, Albanian Leader

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"I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love."

"I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love."

Red Cloud, Sioux Statesman

Love, Peace, Children, Nation

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"Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold."

"Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold."

Dannii Minogue, Australian Musician

Love, Women, Positive

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"Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own."

"Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own."

Mother Teresa, Albanian Leader

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"In love's godlike breathing, there's the innermost aspect of the universe."

"In love's godlike breathing, there's the innermost aspect of the universe."

Alexander Scriabin, Russian Composer

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"Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go."

"Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go."

Mother Teresa, Albanian Leader

Love, Money, Giving

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"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."

"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."

Mother Teresa, Albanian Leader

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"Intense love does not measure, it just gives."

"Intense love does not measure, it just gives."

Mother Teresa, Albanian Leader

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"Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal."

"Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal."

Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican Actress

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"But love's a malady without a cure."

"But love's a malady without a cure."

John Dryden, English Poet

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"Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus."

"Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus."

Mother Teresa, Albanian Leader

Love, Work, Mistake, People

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"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source."

"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Love, Life, God, United

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"The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love."

"The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by."

"If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

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"I am itching like hell to play America because I know that if I did the show over there, they would love it."

"I am itching like hell to play America because I know that if I did the show over there, they would love it."

Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Musician

Love, America, Hell, Play

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"I love improvising."

"I love improvising."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

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"There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible."

"There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible."

Mother Teresa, Albanian Leader

Love, Work, God, Christ

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"Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are."

"Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are."

John Dryden, English Poet

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"Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price."

"Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price."

St. Jerome, Croatian Saint

Love, Affection

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"Love is so short, forgetting is so long."

"Love is so short, forgetting is so long."

Pablo Neruda, Chilean Writer

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"If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work."

"If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

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"We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love."

"We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love."

Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Activist

Love, Needs, Want, Will

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"I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with."

"I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with."

Shakira, Colombian Musician

Love, Children, Day, Parents

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"People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them."

"People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them."

Ali ibn Abi Talib, Arab Clergyman

Love, People, Animals

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"I love what I do. When a month goes by and I'm not working, I'm miserable."

"I love what I do. When a month goes by and I'm not working, I'm miserable."

Roselyn Sanchez, Puerto Rican Model

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"On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable."

"On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable."

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian Activist

Love, Marriage, Examination, Will

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"Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears."

"Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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"I have a son in Barcelona whom I am madly in love with."

"I have a son in Barcelona whom I am madly in love with."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

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"Communism is trying to take the world by force. But God will take the world by love."

"Communism is trying to take the world by force. But God will take the world by love."

Sun Myung Moon, Korean Clergyman

Love, God, Communism, Force

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"Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust."

"Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust."

bell hooks, American Critic

Love, Trust, Commitment, Care

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"Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses."

"Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Love, Heart, Senses

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"A church of dialogue in the contemporary world... a church, taking on the mission of Jesus, which is in the world not to judge humanity, but to love it and to save it."

"A church of dialogue in the contemporary world... a church, taking on the mission of Jesus, which is in the world not to judge humanity, but to love it and to save it."

Claudio Hummes, Brazilian Cardinal

Love, Church, Humanity, Mission

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"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."

"All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt."

Charles M. Schulz, American Cartoonist

Love, Hurt, Now

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"The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love."

"The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love."

Sitting Bull, Lakotan Statesman

Love, Earth, Results, Sun

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"When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough."

"When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough."

Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Dramatist

Love, Memory, Tears

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"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.”

"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.”

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Love, People, Popular

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