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"He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals."

"He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

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"Here's what I love: when a great writer turns me into a Jew from Chicago, a lesbian out of South Carolina, or a black woman moving into a subway entrance in Harlem. Turn me into something else, writers of the world. Make me Muslim, heretic, hermaphrodite. Put me into a crusader's armor, a cardinal's vestments. Let me feel the pygmy's heartbeat, the queen's breast, the torturer's pleasure, the Nile's taste, or the nomad's thirst. Tell me everything that I must know. Hold nothing back."

"Here's what I love: when a great writer turns me into a Jew from Chicago, a lesbian out of South Carolina, or a black woman moving into a subway entrance in Harlem. Turn me into something else, writers of the world. Make me Muslim, heretic, hermaphrodite. Put me into a crusader's armor, a cardinal's vestments. Let me feel the pygmy's heartbeat, the queen's breast, the torturer's pleasure, the Nile's taste, or the nomad's thirst. Tell me everything that I must know. Hold nothing back."

Pat Conroy, American Writer

Love, Here, Romance, Emotion

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"If you love somebody let them know every day."

"If you love somebody let them know every day."

Billy Bob Thornton, American Actor

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"When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water."

"When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water."

Gwendolyn Brooks, American Poet

Love, Body, Man, Right

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"I love acting. But I love being a mother. To be a full mother and a full person, you have to do what you love, and that's acting. But I like the best of both worlds."

"I love acting. But I love being a mother. To be a full mother and a full person, you have to do what you love, and that's acting. But I like the best of both worlds."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

Love, Mother, Acting, Being

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"I loved you when I was eight. I loved you when I was twelve. I loved you when I was twenty, and I... I love you now."

"I loved you when I was eight. I loved you when I was twelve. I loved you when I was twenty, and I... I love you now."

Jennifer L. Armentrout, American Author

Love, Time, Growth, Emotion

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"Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really love it."

"Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really love it."

John Corigliano, American Composer

Love, Music, People, Culture

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"Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person."

"Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person."

Connie Willis, American Writer

Love, Art, Artist

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"I was in love with my wife and she was in love with me. We got along wonderfully."

"I was in love with my wife and she was in love with me. We got along wonderfully."

Sam Sheppard, American Scientist

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"He has so often told me he is madly in love with me, but what does that mean when I haven't had a good word from him in three months?"

"He has so often told me he is madly in love with me, but what does that mean when I haven't had a good word from him in three months?"

Eva Braun, German Celebrity

Love, Months, Word

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"I've had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it."

"I've had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it."

Rose Kennedy, American Author

Love, Money, Time

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"Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. Black men love big butts."

"Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. Black men love big butts."

Tyra Banks, American Model

Love, Men, Women, Body

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"I love raw cookie dough, right out of the tube. The other thing I eat is marshmallow fluff."

"I love raw cookie dough, right out of the tube. The other thing I eat is marshmallow fluff."

Sandra Bullock, American Actress

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"Love is worth dying for, said the spermatozoid."

"Love is worth dying for, said the spermatozoid."

Ljupka Cvetanova, Macedonian Author

Love, Values, Commitment, Sacrifice

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"What river can flood over the mountains of your love?"

"What river can flood over the mountains of your love?"

Sorin Cerin, Romanian Philosopher

Love, Nature, Emotion, Observation

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"For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts."

"For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

Love, Death, Thoughts, Goodness

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"Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation."

"Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation."

Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

Love, Truth, Heart, Creation

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"Take away love and our earth is a tomb."

"Take away love and our earth is a tomb."

Robert Browning, English Poet

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"After September 11, I got to understand a little bit of his deep love for this country."

"After September 11, I got to understand a little bit of his deep love for this country."

Patti Davis, American Celebrity

Love, Country, Deep

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"I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off."

"I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off."

Lucille Ball, American Comedian

Love, Business, Will

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"I was dead unit you found me, though I breathed. I was sightless, though I could see. And then you came...and I was awakened."

"I was dead unit you found me, though I breathed. I was sightless, though I could see. And then you came...and I was awakened."

J.R. Ward, American Author

Love, Awakening, Life, Connection

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"Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything."

"Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything."

Julia Cameron, American Author

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"I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the guitar came along, to me that was my first love in music."

"I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the guitar came along, to me that was my first love in music."

Doc Watson, American Musician

Love, Music, First, First love

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"I do it because I love acting, I love working, and whether it's radio, television, films, theater, I don't care as long as I can get out there and do it."

"I do it because I love acting, I love working, and whether it's radio, television, films, theater, I don't care as long as I can get out there and do it."

Joan Collins, American Actress

Love, Acting, Care, Television

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"I love my man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man."

"I love my man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man."

Mary Wollstonecraft, British Writer

Love, Man, Reason

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"Beth ceased to fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him as cozily as if she had known him all her life, for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride."

"Beth ceased to fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him as cozily as if she had known him all her life, for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

Love, Gratitude, Fear, Trust

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"Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else."

"Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else."

Joseph Butler, English Clergyman

Love, Hatred, Respect, Self

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"Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new."

"Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new."

Augustine Og Mandino, American Author

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"The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them."

"The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

Love, Cause, Sense, Sexes

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"I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they pretend to be other people, the harder it is for them to hate them and misunderstand them when they grow up."

"I mean I think children love the idea that there are different viewpoints and different words for things and different worlds. And the more that they pretend to be other people, the harder it is for them to hate them and misunderstand them when they grow up."

Samuel West, British Actor

Love, People, Idea, Children

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"LA's a very hard place to be unless you have people there that love you. It can be very, very lonely, and it can eat you up if you don't take care of yourself. In LA, nobody wants to talk to each other, everybody's giving each other catty looks."

"LA's a very hard place to be unless you have people there that love you. It can be very, very lonely, and it can eat you up if you don't take care of yourself. In LA, nobody wants to talk to each other, everybody's giving each other catty looks."

Scarlett Johansson, American Actress

Love, People, Care, Giving

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"I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things."

"I love everything that's beautiful. A lot of things."

Ursula Andress, Swiss Actress

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"I really, really love Hilary Clinton. I think she's very cool. She's out there and she's involved."

"I really, really love Hilary Clinton. I think she's very cool. She's out there and she's involved."

Sandra Bernhard, American Actress

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"Oh yes, I love to do shoes. I'm not a fetishist but I love to do shoes."

"Oh yes, I love to do shoes. I'm not a fetishist but I love to do shoes."

Karl Lagerfeld, German Designer

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"You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can only get at it. Love will make you show your heart some day, and then the rough burr will fall off."

"You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can only get at it. Love will make you show your heart some day, and then the rough burr will fall off."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

Love, Heart, Appearance, Emotion

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"Love will make a way out of no way."

"Love will make a way out of no way."

Lynda Barry, American Cartoonist

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"The first time he'd held her hand, it felt so good that it crowded out all the bad things. It felt better than anything had ever hurt."

"The first time he'd held her hand, it felt so good that it crowded out all the bad things. It felt better than anything had ever hurt."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Love, Emotion, Memory, Joy

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"It could have been so beautiful.The way I learned and got free and swore to never love another person ever againand it could have been so beautiful,the way I actually did."

"It could have been so beautiful.The way I learned and got free and swore to never love another person ever againand it could have been so beautiful,the way I actually did."

Charlotte Eriksson, American Psychologist

Love, Freedom, Pain, Beauty

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"There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one's identity by falling in love."

"There is another interesting paradox here: by immersing ourselves in what we love, we find ourselves. We do not lose ourselves. One does not lose one's identity by falling in love."

Lukas Foss, German Composer

Love, Identity, Paradox

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"Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring."

"Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring."

Roman Polanski, French Director

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"It's possible, and I stress possible, that such a moment may never come: you may not fall in love, you may not be able to or you may not wish to give your whole life to anyone, and, like me, you may turn forty-five one day and realize that you're no longer young and you have never found a choir of cupids with lyres or a bed of white roses leading to the altar. The only revenge left for you then will be to steal from life the pleasure of firm and passionate flesh - a pleasure that evaporates faster than good intentions and is the nearest thing to heaven you will find in this stinking world where everything decays, beginning with beauty and ending with memory."

"It's possible, and I stress possible, that such a moment may never come: you may not fall in love, you may not be able to or you may not wish to give your whole life to anyone, and, like me, you may turn forty-five one day and realize that you're no longer young and you have never found a choir of cupids with lyres or a bed of white roses leading to the altar. The only revenge left for you then will be to steal from life the pleasure of firm and passionate flesh - a pleasure that evaporates faster than good intentions and is the nearest thing to heaven you will find in this stinking world where everything decays, beginning with beauty and ending with memory."

Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Spanish Novelist

Love, Desire, Life, Pleasure

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"Intoxicate me with the beauty and breath of your soul.Leave such imprints on my heart that you come to me in dreams,and I will leave you with eternal light,cherishing you until the end of time through synchronicity, through poetry, through mystery and undeniable energy."

"Intoxicate me with the beauty and breath of your soul.Leave such imprints on my heart that you come to me in dreams,and I will leave you with eternal light,cherishing you until the end of time through synchronicity, through poetry, through mystery and undeniable energy."

Melody Lee, American Poet

Love, Soul, Poetry, Emotion

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"How your heart can possibly find a way to love and trust a man again proves that I've fallen in love with the bravest woman I've ever known. I know how much courage it took for you to allow me in after what your father did to you. And I swear I will spend every last breath thanking you for allowing yourself to love me. Thank you so much for loving me, Linden Sky Hope."

"How your heart can possibly find a way to love and trust a man again proves that I've fallen in love with the bravest woman I've ever known. I know how much courage it took for you to allow me in after what your father did to you. And I swear I will spend every last breath thanking you for allowing yourself to love me. Thank you so much for loving me, Linden Sky Hope."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Love, Courage, Trust, Healing

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"Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die."

"Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die."

Robert Southey, English Poet

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"I came in thinking about Bobby Ewing, but I love this Ray Krebbs role."

"I came in thinking about Bobby Ewing, but I love this Ray Krebbs role."

Steve Kanaly, American Actor

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"I was in love once, and it was terrible."

"I was in love once, and it was terrible."

Gloria Trevi, Mexican Musician

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"Those who do not care, escape the anguish of mourning but never know the delights of love. The meaning of life forever eludes them."

"Those who do not care, escape the anguish of mourning but never know the delights of love. The meaning of life forever eludes them."

Wayne Gerard Trotman, British Author

Love, Loss, Mourning, Meaning

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"I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to."

"I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to."

Margaret Cho, American Comedian

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"For all the way he loved her. Every song had her memory, every rain had her smell, and every girl had her face."

"For all the way he loved her. Every song had her memory, every rain had her smell, and every girl had her face."

Akshay Vasu, Indian Poet

Love, Memory, Loss, Emotion

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"I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same."

"I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same."

Adam Jones, American Musician

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