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"Where there is great love, there are always wishes."

"Where there is great love, there are always wishes."

Willa Cather, American Author

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"Love demands everything, they say, but my love demands only this: that no matter what happens or how long it takes, you`ll keep faith in me, you`ll remember who we are, and you`ll never feel despair."

"Love demands everything, they say, but my love demands only this: that no matter what happens or how long it takes, you`ll keep faith in me, you`ll remember who we are, and you`ll never feel despair."

Ann Brashares, American Author

Love, Truth, Happiness, Wisdom

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"I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to Duke Ellington and hearing a lot of jazz in New York on the radio."

"I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to Duke Ellington and hearing a lot of jazz in New York on the radio."

Steve Lacy, American Musician

Love, Hearing, Jazz, Listening

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"And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it."

"And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it."

Elvis Costello, British Musician

Love, Music, Sense

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"The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain."

"The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain."

George McGovern, American Politician

Love, Patriotism, Policy, Acceptance

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"There's nothing I love more than a good cry."

"There's nothing I love more than a good cry."

Hope Davis, American Actress

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"Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing."

"Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing."

Barbara Stanwyck, American Actress

Love, Career, Job, Word

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"My love for the band is still there. It hasn't changed, maybe that's why it's so painful these days."

"My love for the band is still there. It hasn't changed, maybe that's why it's so painful these days."

Roger Daltrey, English Musician

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"Not like a heart, which let people in without permission, held them in a special place she never had any say in and then yearned for them to remain there longer than they planned."

"Not like a heart, which let people in without permission, held them in a special place she never had any say in and then yearned for them to remain there longer than they planned."

Cecelia Ahern, Irish Novelist

Love, Heart, Loss, Life

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"Speed of love is measured in blushes per hour."

"Speed of love is measured in blushes per hour."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Love, Blush, Emotion, Measurement

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"The more love I craved, the more distant and abusive he grew. The role I longed to play was never written into Ryan's script: daughter."

"The more love I craved, the more distant and abusive he grew. The role I longed to play was never written into Ryan's script: daughter."

Tatum O'Neal, American Actress

Love, Daughter, Play

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"Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people."

"Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people."

Roy T. Bennett, American Author

Love, Kindness, Happiness, Power, Today

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"When a 12-year-old, a 13-year-old, so desperately wants a baby what she's looking for is the kind of unconditional love a child gives a mother and a mother gives a child."

"When a 12-year-old, a 13-year-old, so desperately wants a baby what she's looking for is the kind of unconditional love a child gives a mother and a mother gives a child."

Ellen Barkin, American Actress

Love, Mother, Baby

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"I love to swim in the nude and roam around the house in the nude. You're just as free as a bird!"

"I love to swim in the nude and roam around the house in the nude. You're just as free as a bird!"

Bettie Page, American Model

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"Footage of love is loyalty."

"Footage of love is loyalty."

Kishore Bansal, Indian Writer

Love, Loyalty, Commitment, Trust

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"I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants."

"I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants."

Florence Henderson, American Actress

Love, Flying, Television

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"I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more."

"I love to not work. I like to travel. I work maybe half the year, no more."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

Love, Work, Travel

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"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine."

"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Love, Truth, Wisdom, Today

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"What is love? Imagine a helium balloon tied down and then you cut the ropes on a windy day. That is love."

"What is love? Imagine a helium balloon tied down and then you cut the ropes on a windy day. That is love."

Chloe Thurlow, British Novelist

Love, Freedom, Emotion, Metaphor

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"This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice."

"This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice."

James Patterson, American Author

Love, Heartbreak, Forgiveness, Emotion

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"Respectable people do not write music or make love as a career."

"Respectable people do not write music or make love as a career."

Alexander Borodin, Russian Composer

Love, Music, People, Career

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"You want to know what love is? Its the thing that ruins you."

"You want to know what love is? Its the thing that ruins you."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

Love, Pain, Destruction, Emotion

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"I love observing people."

"I love observing people."

Liv Tyler, American Actress

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"There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it."

"There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it."

Thomas Love Peacock, English Author

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"What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us."

"What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us."

John Gay, English Poet

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"Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it."

"Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it."

Richard Branson, British Businessman

Love, People, Idea, Competition

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"I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan."

"I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan."

James Van Der Beek, American Actor

Love, Celebrity, Hollywood, Past

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"I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be an outcast."

"I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be an outcast."

Meat Loaf, American Musician

Love, Life, Being

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"Through these offices it was my privilege to get to know almost every Jewish person, and those whom I did not come to know through these offices I came to know through love and a desire to know my brethren, the members of my people."

"Through these offices it was my privilege to get to know almost every Jewish person, and those whom I did not come to know through these offices I came to know through love and a desire to know my brethren, the members of my people."

Shmuel Y. Agnon, Israeli Writer

Love, People, Desire, Privilege

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"None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence."

"None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence."

John Milton, English Poet

Love, Men, Freedom, Rest

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"Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value."

"Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value."

Thornton Wilder, American Novelist

Love, Energy, Value

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"That said, I'd love to do a musical, either in film or on stage."

"That said, I'd love to do a musical, either in film or on stage."

Reese Witherspoon, American Actress

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"If not towards his case to give him glimpses of what could be a happy future, it stayed back at least to warrant her happiness, stayed back with the pain that strangely didn't hurt anymore."

"If not towards his case to give him glimpses of what could be a happy future, it stayed back at least to warrant her happiness, stayed back with the pain that strangely didn't hurt anymore."

Faraaz Kazi, Indian Author

Love, Hope, Future, Pain

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"In life; if you stay engaged in giving and receiving love, life will always be easier."

"In life; if you stay engaged in giving and receiving love, life will always be easier."

Renae A. Sauter, American Writer

Love, Relationship, Emotion, Kindness

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"I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."

"I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."

Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Love, Art, Humanity, Compassion

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"These two are not two Love has made them one Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery Each is no less but more."

"These two are not two Love has made them one Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery Each is no less but more."

Benjamin Britten, English Composer

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"It's actually really great to be a student and an actor, because I get to do this job that I love, then just when I think my head might explode, I get to go to school where they don't really care about what magazine cover I'm on."

"It's actually really great to be a student and an actor, because I get to do this job that I love, then just when I think my head might explode, I get to go to school where they don't really care about what magazine cover I'm on."

Julia Stiles, American Actress

Love, Actor, Care, Job

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"I went to all the Love-Ins. I took my kids. I enjoyed myself."

"I went to all the Love-Ins. I took my kids. I enjoyed myself."

Al Lewis, American Actor

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"I loved you before all of this. When there was nothing. When there was only a single atom in the night sky."

"I loved you before all of this. When there was nothing. When there was only a single atom in the night sky."

Dominic Riccitello, American Author

Love, Infinite, Devotion, Romance

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"But I love how people who are musical, they know how to dress."

"But I love how people who are musical, they know how to dress."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

Love, People, Dress

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"They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything."

"They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything."

Bil Keane, American Cartoonist

Love, People, Hugs, Saying

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"Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do."

"Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do."

Barbara Sher, American Businessman

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"I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair."

"I'm just writin' about my little ol' love affair."

Merle Haggard, American Musician

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"I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs!"

"I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs!"

Kirk Hammett, American Musician

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"I love the physical thing of being on the earth that bore you. I have the same feeling when I walk in a very beautiful place that I have when I play and it goes right."

"I love the physical thing of being on the earth that bore you. I have the same feeling when I walk in a very beautiful place that I have when I play and it goes right."

Jacqueline du Pre, English Musician

Love, Being, Earth, Feeling

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"I don't have favourites, I think, when you play, you have to be like a prostitute, you have to love the piece you are playing. Even if you don't like it, you have to play it as if you would like it. Then you are a good interpreter."

"I don't have favourites, I think, when you play, you have to be like a prostitute, you have to love the piece you are playing. Even if you don't like it, you have to play it as if you would like it. Then you are a good interpreter."

Ruggiero Ricci, American Musician

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"Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live."

"Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

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"I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me doing another one now are remote. Please do campaign on my behalf."

"I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me doing another one now are remote. Please do campaign on my behalf."

Julie Walters, British Actress

Love, Film, Now, Shame

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"I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much."

"I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much."

Alexander Payne, American Director

Love, Movies, Fact

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"I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of working the board never leaves you."

"I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of working the board never leaves you."

Steve Cropper, American Musician

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