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"I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking."
Teri Garr
"I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking."
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"We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise."
Raquel Welch
"We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise."
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"Saw a wedding in the church. It was strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition."
Samuel Pepys
"Saw a wedding in the church. It was strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition."
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"Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action."
Brendan Francis
"Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action."
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"To me marriage is for five or ten years."
Cher
"To me marriage is for five or ten years."
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"The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters."
Harold Nicolson
"The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters."
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"I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should institutionalize a form of discrimination against any minority by amending the Constitution."
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
"I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should institutionalize a form of discrimination against any minority by amending the Constitution."
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"In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage."
Robert Anderson
"In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage."
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"Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long."
Amy Grant
"Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long."
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"I think that's one of the most difficult things in any marriage - in order to build anything, you must be together. You can't build anything over the telephone."
Julie London
"I think that's one of the most difficult things in any marriage - in order to build anything, you must be together. You can't build anything over the telephone."
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"Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay."
Esther Williams
"Marriage to Fernando offered shelter and security, but the shackle was the price I'd pay."
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"I tried marriage. I'm 0 for 3 with the marriage thing. So, being a ballplayer - I believe in numbers. I'm not going 0 for 4. I'm not wearing a golden sombrero."
Charlie Sheen
"I tried marriage. I'm 0 for 3 with the marriage thing. So, being a ballplayer - I believe in numbers. I'm not going 0 for 4. I'm not wearing a golden sombrero."
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"No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office."
Rutherford B. Hayes
"No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office."
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"It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"It is a pity he did not write in pencil. As you have no doubt frequently observed, the impression usually goes through -- a fact which has dissolved many a happy marriage."
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"Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage."
Drew Barrymore
"Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage."
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"Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit."
Seamus Heaney
"Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit."
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"Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already."
Linda Fiorentino
"Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already."
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"Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does."
Groucho Marx
"Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does."
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"If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother."
Sam Levenson
"If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother."
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"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution."
Mae West
"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution."
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"I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us."
Kinky Friedman
"I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us."
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"There was a time in the marriage when I could no longer look at myself in a mirror, couldn't feel I was a nice person. A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself."
Dionne Warwick
"There was a time in the marriage when I could no longer look at myself in a mirror, couldn't feel I was a nice person. A bad relationship can do that, can make you doubt everything good you ever felt about yourself."
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"One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul."
Honore de Balzac
"One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul."
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"The facts are plain: Religious leaders who preside over marriage ceremonies must and will be guided by what they believe. If they do not wish to celebrate marriages for same-sex couples, that is their right. The Supreme Court says so. And the Charter says so."
Paul Martin
"The facts are plain: Religious leaders who preside over marriage ceremonies must and will be guided by what they believe. If they do not wish to celebrate marriages for same-sex couples, that is their right. The Supreme Court says so. And the Charter says so."
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"I left my marriage knowing I'd have to work. I have."
Sarah Ferguson
"I left my marriage knowing I'd have to work. I have."
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"Adultery - which is the only grounds for divorce in New York - is not grounds for divorce in California. As a matter of fact, adultery in Southern California is grounds for marriage."
Allan Sherman
"Adultery - which is the only grounds for divorce in New York - is not grounds for divorce in California. As a matter of fact, adultery in Southern California is grounds for marriage."
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"Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own."
Eddie Cantor
"Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own."
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"I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred."
Natalie Portman
"I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred."
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"I don't have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does - and I'm much more pragmatic about romance than I used to be."
Jennifer Garner
"I don't have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does - and I'm much more pragmatic about romance than I used to be."
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"I firmly believe in marriage. It's a real important decision that takes a lot of dedication and time. If you're thinking about divorce. You shouldn't get married."
Seth Green
"I firmly believe in marriage. It's a real important decision that takes a lot of dedication and time. If you're thinking about divorce. You shouldn't get married."
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"Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius."
Warren Beatty
"Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius."
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"Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit."
Margaret Cavendish
"Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit."
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"My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs don't oppose same-gender marriage."
Ed Case
"My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs don't oppose same-gender marriage."
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"Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes."
J. B. Priestley
"Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes."
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"Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented."
Heinrich Heine
"Matrimony; the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented."
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"The most important thing in marriage is not happiness but stability."
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"The most important thing in marriage is not happiness but stability."
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"Now I'm a wife and a mother of two. It's a really different role. I always referred to No Doubt as a marriage, because that's what it's like to be together for so long and go through what we've been through. I can't really have that relationship with them anymore."
Gwen Stefani
"Now I'm a wife and a mother of two. It's a really different role. I always referred to No Doubt as a marriage, because that's what it's like to be together for so long and go through what we've been through. I can't really have that relationship with them anymore."
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"In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do."
Earl Warren
"In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do."
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"But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating."
Linda McCartney
"But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating."
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"Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers."
Alan King
"Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers."
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"If someone talks about union, fidelity, a monogamous relationship, love, blessing; I would say it sounds like marriage to me. And blessing, you see, I think is undermining our sacrament of marriage."
George Carey
"If someone talks about union, fidelity, a monogamous relationship, love, blessing; I would say it sounds like marriage to me. And blessing, you see, I think is undermining our sacrament of marriage."
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"What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters."
Alfred Russel Wallace
"What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters."
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"I oppose a constitutional amendment against gay marriage."
Ed Case
"I oppose a constitutional amendment against gay marriage."
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"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?"
Groucho Marx
"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?"
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"I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage next month."
Sally Kirkland
"I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage next month."
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"In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk."
Rita Rudner
"In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk."
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"Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful."
Phyllis McGinley
"Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful."
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"Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between radically different persons, male and female; and so it echoes the absolute covenant of God with his chosen, a covenant between radically different partners."
Rowan D. Williams
"Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between radically different persons, male and female; and so it echoes the absolute covenant of God with his chosen, a covenant between radically different partners."
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"Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage."
"Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage."
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"My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number."
Jamie Lee Curtis
"My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number."
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