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"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul."

"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Love, Soul, Home, Cats

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"You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens."

"You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens."

Kirsten Dunst, American Actress

Love, Time, Life, People

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"When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you."

"When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Love, May, Yield, Poet

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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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"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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"I love fast cars... and to go too fast in them."

"I love fast cars... and to go too fast in them."

Lara Flynn Boyle, American Actress

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"To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that."

"To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that."

Martha Graham, American Dancer

Love, Building, Man, Space

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"I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that."

"I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that."

John Keats, English Poet

Love, Men, Religion, Martyrs

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"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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"The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic that to love others."

"The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic that to love others."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

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"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

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"We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love."

"We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love."

Stevie Nicks, American Musician

Love, Idea, Reason

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"Marriage is the perfection of what love aimed at, ignorant of what it sought."

"Marriage is the perfection of what love aimed at, ignorant of what it sought."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Love, Marriage, Perfection, Ignorance

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"The best way to know God is to love many things."

"The best way to know God is to love many things."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

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"My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music."

"My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

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"The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion."

"The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion."

Nadia Boulanger, French Musician

Love, Choice, Passion

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"If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion."

"If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion."

Mia Hamm, American Athlete

Love, Conviction, Passion

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"Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice."

"Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice."

Michael Novak, American Philosopher

Love, Happiness, Sacrifice, Feeling

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"Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love."

"Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love."

Washington Irving, American Writer

Love, Women, Kindness

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"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

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"There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars."

"There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars."

John Kenneth Galbraith, American Economist

Love, Majority, Worth

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"Little girls love dolls. They just don't love doll clothes. We've got four thousand dolls and ain't one of them got a stitch of clothes on."

"Little girls love dolls. They just don't love doll clothes. We've got four thousand dolls and ain't one of them got a stitch of clothes on."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

Love, Clothes, Girls

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"I loved the late Gilda Radner. I love Carol Burnett and Lily Tomlin."

"I loved the late Gilda Radner. I love Carol Burnett and Lily Tomlin."

Tracey Ullman, British Comedian

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"I fully support U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his Global Education First Initiative and the work of U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown and the respectful president of the U.N. General Assembly Vuk Jeremic. I thank them for the leadership they continue to give."

"I fully support U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his Global Education First Initiative and the work of U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown and the respectful president of the U.N. General Assembly Vuk Jeremic. I thank them for the leadership they continue to give."

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Activist

Love, Beauty, Truth, Dreams, Peace

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"In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it."

"In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it."

Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author

Love, Successful, Ambition, Merit

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"I've been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out, she'll kill me."

"I've been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out, she'll kill me."

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

Love, Wife, Woman, Years

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"Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules then you must forget the rules and play from your heart."

"Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules then you must forget the rules and play from your heart."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Love, Rules, Heart, Learning

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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

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"I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself."

"I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself."

Tim Vine, British Comedian

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"She is delightfully chaotic, a beautiful mess. Loving her is a splendid adventure."

"She is delightfully chaotic, a beautiful mess. Loving her is a splendid adventure."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Love, Chaos, Beautiful, Mess, Adventure

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"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything."

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything."

Katharine Hepburn, American Actress

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"There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends."

"There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends."

James Boswell, Scottish Lawyer

Love, Winning, Friends, Laughter

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"Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied."

"Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Love, Power, Food, Health

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"I love acting with kids, cause they're great acting partners. They're totally present. Even when they're acting, they're still available and you can crack them up or something weird will happen and they'll go with it."

"I love acting with kids, cause they're great acting partners. They're totally present. Even when they're acting, they're still available and you can crack them up or something weird will happen and they'll go with it."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

Love, Acting, Cause, Kids

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"I did I Love My Wife on Broadway in 1978, and then went into television land. Now things are starting to come together in the way I thought they might when I was a kid."

"I did I Love My Wife on Broadway in 1978, and then went into television land. Now things are starting to come together in the way I thought they might when I was a kid."

Tom Wopat, American Actor

Love, Wife, Thought, Land

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"Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming."

"Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming."

John Carmack, American Scientist

Love, Programming, Teaching

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"Beyond the mask she is witness to his glorious soul. Exposed to the elements, she warms her skin in his light and essence of being."

"Beyond the mask she is witness to his glorious soul. Exposed to the elements, she warms her skin in his light and essence of being."

Truth Devour, Australian Author

Love, Light, Soul, Essence

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"Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself."

"Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself."

Leo Buscaglia, American Author

Love, Open, Will

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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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"We call a story about love a love story. We call a poem about love a love poem. Well then, my dear, aren't our lives love lives?"

"We call a story about love a love story. We call a poem about love a love poem. Well then, my dear, aren't our lives love lives?"

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Love, Life, Poetry, Story

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"When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again."

"When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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"We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other."

"We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

Love, Women, Habit, Study

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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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"The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving."

"The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving."

Polly Berrien Berends, American Author

Love, Children, Discovery, Gain

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"Though lovers be lost love shall not."

"Though lovers be lost love shall not."

Dylan Thomas, Welsh Poet

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"In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing."

"In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Love, Death, Hope, Listening

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"Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy."

"Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy."

Mao Tse Tung, Chinese Leader

Love, Communism, Enemy

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"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up."

"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

Love, War, Battle, End

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"Those who love to be feared fear to be loved."

"Those who love to be feared fear to be loved."

Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman

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"We love our fans, so there's nothing we wouldn't do for them, and we go directly to t hem."

"We love our fans, so there's nothing we wouldn't do for them, and we go directly to t hem."

Vince McMahon, American Entertainer

Love, Fans, Nothing

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