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"But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by Howard Hawks, who's one of my great heroes. One of the greatest directors there ever was. He directed probably one of the greatest westerns of all time in Rio Bravo."

"But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by Howard Hawks, who's one of my great heroes. One of the greatest directors there ever was. He directed probably one of the greatest westerns of all time in Rio Bravo."

Stephen Fry, British Comedian

Love, Time, Hawks, Heroes

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"Well, being a Canadian, I love SCTV, and I think it's the basis for all good North American comedy, so I compare everything to that."

"Well, being a Canadian, I love SCTV, and I think it's the basis for all good North American comedy, so I compare everything to that."

Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian Musician

Love, American, Being, Comedy

63

"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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"If I fall, pick up the flag, kiss it, and keep on going."

"If I fall, pick up the flag, kiss it, and keep on going."

Omar Torrijos Herrera, Panamanian Soldier

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"Because one look into his eyes, and she was drowning in what existed there and didn't want to surface."

"Because one look into his eyes, and she was drowning in what existed there and didn't want to surface."

Katherine McIntyre, American Novelist

Love, Emotion, Attraction, Depth

63

"You have my whole heart. You always did. You're the best guy. You always were."

"You have my whole heart. You always did. You're the best guy. You always were."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Love, Truth, Devotion, Romance

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"I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart."

"I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart."

Alice Walker, American Author

Love, Heart, Honor, Worry

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"The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplacable being."

"The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplacable being."

Tom Robbins, American Author

62

"I used to love dogs until I discovered cats."

"I used to love dogs until I discovered cats."

Nafisa Joseph, Indian Model

Love, Cats, Dogs

62

"We loved with a love that was more than love."

"We loved with a love that was more than love."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

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"History has shown us time and time again that you don't have to know someone to love them with all your heart."

"History has shown us time and time again that you don't have to know someone to love them with all your heart."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

Love, History, Heart, Trust

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"In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie. [Dedication to Sagan's wife, Ann Druyan, in Cosmos]"

"In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie. [Dedication to Sagan's wife, Ann Druyan, in Cosmos]"

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

Love, Time, Space, Joy

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"I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no."

"I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no."

Ewan McGregor, Scottish Actor

Love, Baby, Children, Woman

61

"Give me love and work - these two only."

"Give me love and work - these two only."

William Morris, English Designer

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"The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears."

"The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears."

Stendhal, French Writer

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"Be of love a little more careful than of anything."

"Be of love a little more careful than of anything."

e. e. cummings, American Poet

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"Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless."

"Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless."

Mortimer Adler, American Philosopher

Love, Being, Sense

61

"The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings."

"The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings."

Halle Berry, American Actress

Love, People, May, Struggle

61

"I'm from Texas, and I would love to do an old-fashioned gun-slinging Western."

"I'm from Texas, and I would love to do an old-fashioned gun-slinging Western."

Jensen Ackles, American Actor

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"I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we?"

"I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we?"

Aaron Spelling, American Producer

Love, Television

61

"Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile."

"Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

Love, May, World

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"It is not impossible to live in love, with love, for love and then become love."

"It is not impossible to live in love, with love, for love and then become love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Love, Possible, Impossible

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"Love is not only pure joy, and delight, but also great and deep heaviness of heart and sorrow. But love too is full of joy and sweetness even in bitter sorrow, because it regards the misery and injury of others as its own. So also Christ was glowing with burning love in His last and greatest agony. According to St. Hilary, it was Christ's greatest joy that He endured the greatest woe. Thus God "giveth strength and power unto His people" (Ps. 68:15). While they experience the greatest sorrow, their hearts overflow with joy."

"Love is not only pure joy, and delight, but also great and deep heaviness of heart and sorrow. But love too is full of joy and sweetness even in bitter sorrow, because it regards the misery and injury of others as its own. So also Christ was glowing with burning love in His last and greatest agony. According to St. Hilary, it was Christ's greatest joy that He endured the greatest woe. Thus God "giveth strength and power unto His people" (Ps. 68:15). While they experience the greatest sorrow, their hearts overflow with joy."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Love, Joy, Sorrow, Emotion

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"Where there is love there is life."

"Where there is love there is life."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

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"My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone."

"My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he's so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone."

Adriana Lima, Brazilian Model

Love, Christian, Clothes, Fashion

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"You yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."

"You yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Love, Affection, Body, Self

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"If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers."

"If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Love, People, Favorite, Name

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"But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the bright children of life, the happy, the charming and the ordinary."

"But my deepest and most secret love belongs to the fair-haired and the blue-eyed, the bright children of life, the happy, the charming and the ordinary."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

Love, Life, Children

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"I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that."

"I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Love, Movies, Work, People

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"I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage."

"I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage."

Stephanie Mills, American Musician

Love, Marriage, Work, Right

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"But, yeah, I'd love to do something else in someone else's movie."

"But, yeah, I'd love to do something else in someone else's movie."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

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"I love the idea of playing a character that didn't over think everything. He knows what's in front of him and he has an ability to just say whatever he felt."

"I love the idea of playing a character that didn't over think everything. He knows what's in front of him and he has an ability to just say whatever he felt."

Jason Schwartzman, American Actor

Love, Idea, Character, Ability

60

"The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws."

"The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws."

Andrew Jackson, American President

Love, Men, People, Body

60

"I love doing what I do."

"I love doing what I do."

Wink Martindale, American Entertainer

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"Basically, though, I'm just lucky to love what I do for a living."

"Basically, though, I'm just lucky to love what I do for a living."

John Goodman, American Actor

59

"A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs."

"A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs."

James MacArthur, American Actor

Love, Man, Needs, Woman

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"Love is not love until love's vulnerable."

"Love is not love until love's vulnerable."

Theodore Roethke, American Poet

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"We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat."

"We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat."

Sonny Bono, American Musician

Love, People, Environment

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"Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other."

"Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other."

Euripides, Greek Poet

59

"I would just love once to be called sexy. Just because it would make me something other than cute."

"I would just love once to be called sexy. Just because it would make me something other than cute."

Jennifer Love Hewitt, American Actress

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"I love to take care of people, so I think I'd be a good vet. I always wanted to be a vet when I was little."

"I love to take care of people, so I think I'd be a good vet. I always wanted to be a vet when I was little."

Jennifer Love Hewitt, American Actress

Love, People, Care

59

"I love being in a band."

"I love being in a band."

Jewel Kilcher, American Musician

58

"I love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me a chance to also develop the skills to learn from my mistakes."

"I love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me a chance to also develop the skills to learn from my mistakes."

Daisy Fuentes, Cuban Actress

Love, People, Chance, Mistakes

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"The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev."

"The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev."

Robin Williams, American Comedian

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"I love changing what I look like because I always feel super strange whenever I do watch something that I'm in."

"I love changing what I look like because I always feel super strange whenever I do watch something that I'm in."

Helena Bonham Carter, British Actress

58

"What is a hero without love for mankind."

"What is a hero without love for mankind."

Doris Lessing, English Writer

58

"No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it's always the thing that you look for. He is someone who starts off bright, cheerful and confident and then has everything taken away from him. It's a wonderful journey to take."

"No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it's always the thing that you look for. He is someone who starts off bright, cheerful and confident and then has everything taken away from him. It's a wonderful journey to take."

Stephen Fry, British Comedian

Love, Idea, Actor, Journey

58

"Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up."

"Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

Love, Growing up, Man, Wrong

58

"Marriage is the tomb of love."

"Marriage is the tomb of love."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

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"He that is jealous is not in love."

"He that is jealous is not in love."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

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