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"Married and buried, wed and dead."
Rachel Caine
"Married and buried, wed and dead."
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"Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers."
Richard Pryor
"Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers."
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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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"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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"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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"Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil."
Menander
"Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil."
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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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"To me marriage is for five or ten years."
Cher
"To me marriage is for five or ten years."
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"It became plain very soon after our marriage that ours was to be a literary partnership."
Mary A. Ward
"It became plain very soon after our marriage that ours was to be a literary partnership."
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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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"There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again."
Clint Eastwood
"There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again."
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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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"As you gave the ring to one another and have now received it a 2nd time from the hand of the pastor, so love comes from you, but marriage from above, from God. As high as God is above man, so high are the sanctity, the rights, and the promise of love. It is not your love tht sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"As you gave the ring to one another and have now received it a 2nd time from the hand of the pastor, so love comes from you, but marriage from above, from God. As high as God is above man, so high are the sanctity, the rights, and the promise of love. It is not your love tht sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love."
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"Marriage is not about age; it's about finding the right person."
Sophia Bush
"Marriage is not about age; it's about finding the right person."
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"It's very trying on a marriage when you're doing a one hour show, week after week after week. You don't have enough time for people that maybe you should have top priority."
Gavin MacLeod
"It's very trying on a marriage when you're doing a one hour show, week after week after week. You don't have enough time for people that maybe you should have top priority."
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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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"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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"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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"For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures."
Mary A. Ward
"For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures."
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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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"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 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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"While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage."
John Boehner
"While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage."
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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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"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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"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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"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 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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"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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"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 feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted."
Bernadette Peters
"I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted."
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"I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career."
Gloria Steinem
"I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career."
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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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"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 team effort. Both of us share that philosophy."
Nick Lachey
"Marriage is a team effort. Both of us share that philosophy."
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"I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right."
Richard Pryor
"I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right."
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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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"I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of, um, sunlight."
Mark Ruffalo
"I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of, um, sunlight."
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"Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker."
Mary Douglas
"Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker."
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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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"My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend."
Rodney Dangerfield
"My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend."
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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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"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'll always be sad that my marriage ended."
Shania Twain
"I'll always be sad that my marriage ended."
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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 parents had a wonderful marriage, but it was a very dependent relationship. My mother was entirely dependent on my father because that's how it was in those days."
Erika Slezak
"My parents had a wonderful marriage, but it was a very dependent relationship. My mother was entirely dependent on my father because that's how it was in those days."
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"There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages."
Rainer Maria Rilke
"There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages."
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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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