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"As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game."

"As a professional writer of detective stories, I string along with the ballplayers. I love a ball game."

Rex Stout, American Writer

38

"I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less."

"I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less."

Alex Haley, American Novelist

Love, Successful, Books, Children

38

"But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself."

"But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself."

Edie Brickell, American Musician

38

"If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer."

"If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer."

Rita Dove, American Poet

Love, Reading, Writer

38

"The love received is the love that is saved."

"The love received is the love that is saved."

Eddie Vedder, American Musician

38

"No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love."

"No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love."

Anna Held, Polish Entertainer

38

"I have a job that I truly love, and an enormous crew of people that can do things better than I can!"

"I have a job that I truly love, and an enormous crew of people that can do things better than I can!"

Rick Baker, American Inventor

Love, People, Job

38

"Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian Tea Room. It's an improvisation of the way certain Hollywood agents think and talk to each other."

"Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian Tea Room. It's an improvisation of the way certain Hollywood agents think and talk to each other."

Ann Beattie, American Writer

Love, Hollywood, Talk, Tea

38

"I love September, especially when we're in it."

"I love September, especially when we're in it."

Willie Stargell, American Athlete

38

"I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it."

"I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it."

Billie Jean King, American Athlete

Love, Personality, Right, Today

38

"I just love working with actors in general."

"I just love working with actors in general."

Treat Williams, American Actor

38

"Would not the child's heart break in despair when the first cold storm of the world sweeps over it, if the warm sunlight of love from the eyes of mother and father did not shine upon him like the soft reflection of divine light and love?"

"Would not the child's heart break in despair when the first cold storm of the world sweeps over it, if the warm sunlight of love from the eyes of mother and father did not shine upon him like the soft reflection of divine light and love?"

Max Muller, German Educator

Love, Mother, Father, Heart

38

"As you get older, you realize it's work. It's that fine line between love and companionship. But passionate love? I'd love to know how to make that last."

"As you get older, you realize it's work. It's that fine line between love and companionship. But passionate love? I'd love to know how to make that last."

Tracey Ullman, British Comedian

Love, Work, Companionship

38

"The success of I Love Lucy is something that happens only once in a lifetime, if you are fortunate enough to have it happen at all."

"The success of I Love Lucy is something that happens only once in a lifetime, if you are fortunate enough to have it happen at all."

Desi Arnaz, American Actor

38

"I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality."

"I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality."

Max Beckmann, German Artist

Love, Hate, Nothing, Painting

38

"You have to love what you do, and you have to need it like you need air. And there's nothing else that would give me the same degree of satisfaction as acting, which is why I can't walk away from it."

"You have to love what you do, and you have to need it like you need air. And there's nothing else that would give me the same degree of satisfaction as acting, which is why I can't walk away from it."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Love, Acting, Nothing, Satisfaction

38

"You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go."

"You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go."

Kenny Loggins, American Musician

Love, Truth, Courage, Risk

38

"We were married for almost 45 years. We fought all the time, it wasn't a great love or anything, it wasn't a great, all-consuming passion. She was just there. A lot of people were startled because we didn't seem devoted but we were."

"We were married for almost 45 years. We fought all the time, it wasn't a great love or anything, it wasn't a great, all-consuming passion. She was just there. A lot of people were startled because we didn't seem devoted but we were."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

Love, Time, People, Passion

38

"I love to smile."

"I love to smile."

Inge de Bruijn, Dutch Athlete

38

"I would love it if every talk show let me say whatever I pleased."

"I would love it if every talk show let me say whatever I pleased."

Chris Bell, American Politician

38

"Love has no errors, for all errors are the want for love."

"Love has no errors, for all errors are the want for love."

William Law, English Clergyman

Love, Errors, Want

38

"Do you know what it's like to love and be alone?"

"Do you know what it's like to love and be alone?"

Abraham Polonsky, American Writer

38

"Love has many faces."

"Love has many faces."

Kelly LeBrock, British Actress

38

"My students frequently ask what their next project should be. My advice: immerse yourself in the music you love and you will find what you want to do; you will discover your next project."

"My students frequently ask what their next project should be. My advice: immerse yourself in the music you love and you will find what you want to do; you will discover your next project."

Lukas Foss, German Composer

Love, Music, Project, Students

38

"I love comics. All I've been doing is reading every day, sitting in the house. Because I've not been feeling too good, so I've been reading and reading."

"I love comics. All I've been doing is reading every day, sitting in the house. Because I've not been feeling too good, so I've been reading and reading."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

Love, Day, Feeling, Reading

38

"I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate."

"I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate."

Kenny Baker, British Actor

Love, Europe, Years

38

"I loved Elijah Muhammad with a love that I can't adequately describe."

"I loved Elijah Muhammad with a love that I can't adequately describe."

Louis Farrakhan, American Activist

38

"In regard of the rich grace and wisdom of his love toward his people; for who sees not, but that it is a curse to be unready as these foolish virgins, who were therefore shut out."

"In regard of the rich grace and wisdom of his love toward his people; for who sees not, but that it is a curse to be unready as these foolish virgins, who were therefore shut out."

Thomas Shepard, American Clergyman

Love, Wisdom, People, Grace

38

"I have long been convinced that my artistic ideal stands or falls with Germany. Only the Germany that we love and desire can help us achieve that ideal."

"I have long been convinced that my artistic ideal stands or falls with Germany. Only the Germany that we love and desire can help us achieve that ideal."

Richard Wagner, German Composer

Love, Desire, Germany, Help

38

"In Psycho IV, the time is five years after III, and Norman is out of the hospital. He's a married man, and he's finally learned how to love somebody and have natural sex without killing his lover."

"In Psycho IV, the time is five years after III, and Norman is out of the hospital. He's a married man, and he's finally learned how to love somebody and have natural sex without killing his lover."

Joseph Stefano, American Writer

Love, Time, Sex, Killing

38

"Aye, I loved you. I love you still. I'll always love you."

"Aye, I loved you. I love you still. I'll always love you."

Donna Grant, American Author

Love, Devotion, Romance, Emotion

38

"Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with that love which is born of slow comprehension."

"Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with that love which is born of slow comprehension."

Joan Miro, Spanish Artist

Love, Time, Beginning

38

"My wife and I love to read. We're going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our dogs."

"My wife and I love to read. We're going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our dogs."

Gale Gordon, American Actor

Love, Wife, Dogs

38

"The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking."

"The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking."

F. Murray Abraham, American Actor

Love, War, Idea, Israel

38

"So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time."

"So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time."

Billy Bragg, British Musician

Love, Time, Songs

38

"You can only really open yourself up so far to someone that you don't truly love - you keep something back when you know somewhere in your gut that this relationship is going to be forever."

"You can only really open yourself up so far to someone that you don't truly love - you keep something back when you know somewhere in your gut that this relationship is going to be forever."

Piper Perabo, American Actress

38

"The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love."

"The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

Love, Soul, Possibility, Conquest

38

"She'd thought there was no greater connection than destiny decreeing them joined. But there was - the choice they'd made to love each other."

"She'd thought there was no greater connection than destiny decreeing them joined. But there was - the choice they'd made to love each other."

Kresley Cole, American Author

Love, Choice, Destiny, Connection

38

"I just love photographing. I don't do it for anyone else."

"I just love photographing. I don't do it for anyone else."

Kim Weston, American Photographer

38

"When the band begins to get a name for themselves, and the writers get assigned to bands, they'll hit somebody who just doesn't like that kind of music, or they love hip hop but hate guitar rock."

"When the band begins to get a name for themselves, and the writers get assigned to bands, they'll hit somebody who just doesn't like that kind of music, or they love hip hop but hate guitar rock."

Kim Deal, American Musician

Love, Music, Guitar, Hate

38

"I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat - a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second."

"I would like a man now who is rich, and who can give me a boat - a sailboat. I want to own it and let him pay for it. My first love is the sea and water, not music. Music is second."

Nina Simone, American Musician

Love, Music, First, First love

38

"I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it."

"I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it."

Candice Bergen, American Actress

38

"I was never able to get through Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. I've never been able to make it through. And I love the Smashing Pumpkins, they're one of my favorite bands ever, but I've never been able to listen to the whole thing all the way through."

"I was never able to get through Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. I've never been able to make it through. And I love the Smashing Pumpkins, they're one of my favorite bands ever, but I've never been able to listen to the whole thing all the way through."

John Wozniak, American Musician

Love, Favorite, Infinite, Sadness

38

"I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can."

"I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can."

Oliver Stone, American Director

38

"Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him."

"Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him."

Marguerite Young, American Author

38

"Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you."

"Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you."

Wayne Dyer, American Psychologist

Love, Ability, Care

38

"I would really like to go back to school. I would love it now."

"I would really like to go back to school. I would love it now."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

Love, Now, School

38

"The relationship I have to my fatherland is like that of mothers with crippled children: they love them all the more, the more crippled they are. Germany is the background of all my plans, the return to Germany."

"The relationship I have to my fatherland is like that of mothers with crippled children: they love them all the more, the more crippled they are. Germany is the background of all my plans, the return to Germany."

Friedrich List, German Economist

Love, Germany, Mothers

38

"Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him."

"Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

Love, Marriage, Man

38

"We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we forbid or prevent that cultivation of the mind in others which would enable them to perform this duty."

"We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we forbid or prevent that cultivation of the mind in others which would enable them to perform this duty."

Angelina Grimke, American Activist

Love, God, Duty, Mind

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