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"Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him."
H. L. Mencken
"Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him."
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"Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it."
Arnold Bennett
"Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it."
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"I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily."
Paul Getty
"I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily."
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"I'm looking forward to talking to Bill Parcells, too, and to seeing how that marriage with Jerry Jones goes."
Lisa Guerrero
"I'm looking forward to talking to Bill Parcells, too, and to seeing how that marriage with Jerry Jones goes."
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"It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous."
"It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous."
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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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"It devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic - another joke marriage."
Sophia Bush
"It devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic - another joke marriage."
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"Only the exclusive and indissoluble union between a man and a woman has a plenary role to play in society as a stable commitment that bears fruit in new life."
Pope Francis
"Only the exclusive and indissoluble union between a man and a woman has a plenary role to play in society as a stable commitment that bears fruit in new life."
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"The virtues about marriage were mostly negative virtues. Being unmarried in a man's world was such a hassle that anything had to be better. Marriage was better. But not much. Damned clever, I thought, how men had made life so intolerable for single women that most would gladly embrace even bad marriages instead."
Erica Jong
"The virtues about marriage were mostly negative virtues. Being unmarried in a man's world was such a hassle that anything had to be better. Marriage was better. But not much. Damned clever, I thought, how men had made life so intolerable for single women that most would gladly embrace even bad marriages instead."
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"She got the magazine on a Wednesday morning, and on Thursday announced our marriage was over."
David Gest
"She got the magazine on a Wednesday morning, and on Thursday announced our marriage was over."
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"I know there are a lot of readers that think I've got a very crappy marriage just because of the things going on with Rick and Lori but there's really nothing that's been like a mirror. I'm just making this stuff up."
Robert Kirkman
"I know there are a lot of readers that think I've got a very crappy marriage just because of the things going on with Rick and Lori but there's really nothing that's been like a mirror. I'm just making this stuff up."
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"There were many women around. We all had a relationship with each other that was very strong. And all of our minds kind of hooked up. We rejected the society. We rejected marriage because we didn't like what our parents had."
Lynette Fromme
"There were many women around. We all had a relationship with each other that was very strong. And all of our minds kind of hooked up. We rejected the society. We rejected marriage because we didn't like what our parents had."
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"Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults."
Peter De Vries
"Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults."
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"Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the Alberta Human Rights Commission for expressing his biblical views on same sex marriage."
Stockwell Day
"Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the Alberta Human Rights Commission for expressing his biblical views on same sex marriage."
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"I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years."
Darrell Royal
"I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years."
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"So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment."
Jack Kingston
"So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment."
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"Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten."
Dick Gregory
"Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten."
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"With a shiver of foreboding he saw his marriage becoming what most of the other marriages about him were: a dull association of material and social interests held together by ignorance on the one side and hypocrisy on the other."
Edith Wharton
"With a shiver of foreboding he saw his marriage becoming what most of the other marriages about him were: a dull association of material and social interests held together by ignorance on the one side and hypocrisy on the other."
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"The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there."
James Denton
"The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there."
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"Next month, I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride, Vicki. Our marriage has been a blessing. I have gained even more respect for the institution over the past 3 decades and will defend it against attack."
Todd Tiahrt
"Next month, I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride, Vicki. Our marriage has been a blessing. I have gained even more respect for the institution over the past 3 decades and will defend it against attack."
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"We all want something else other than what we have and don't realize what you got works. It works. It does work. You gotta work. Marriage is work. Marriage is a career. It's not an adventure."
Sinbad
"We all want something else other than what we have and don't realize what you got works. It works. It does work. You gotta work. Marriage is work. Marriage is a career. It's not an adventure."
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"The marriage didn't work out but the separation is great."
Liz Smith
"The marriage didn't work out but the separation is great."
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"Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman."
Herbert Spencer
"Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman."
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"Sometimes divorce is better than marriage."
Sumner Redstone
"Sometimes divorce is better than marriage."
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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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"I don't want marriage. You know why? Because I did that. I did it for 32 years."
Lynn Redgrave
"I don't want marriage. You know why? Because I did that. I did it for 32 years."
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"But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage."
Jack Kingston
"But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage."
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"Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three."
Washington Irving
"Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three."
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"We need uniform protection of traditional marriage. You can't have different definitions on something as fundamental as marriage. The Marriage Protection Amendment is the only solution to this problem."
Ernest Istook
"We need uniform protection of traditional marriage. You can't have different definitions on something as fundamental as marriage. The Marriage Protection Amendment is the only solution to this problem."
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"Marriage and the creation of families has been an integral part of our society since its creation; it should not be defined without the kind of involvement by the people which a constitutional process would require."
Robert Foster Bennett
"Marriage and the creation of families has been an integral part of our society since its creation; it should not be defined without the kind of involvement by the people which a constitutional process would require."
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"Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman."
Randy Neugebauer
"Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman."
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"Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but it's common and they don't even notice."
Anthony Weiner
"Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but it's common and they don't even notice."
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"Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself."
Jeremy Taylor
"Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself."
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"It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate."
Mary Cheney
"It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate."
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"My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol."
Mercedes McCambridge
"My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol."
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"Here in Hollywood you can actually get a marriage license printed on an Etch-A-Sketch."
Dennis Miller
"Here in Hollywood you can actually get a marriage license printed on an Etch-A-Sketch."
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"Pink Floyd is like a marriage that's on a permanent trial separation."
Rick Wright
"Pink Floyd is like a marriage that's on a permanent trial separation."
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"Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty."
Ron Paul
"Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty."
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"The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods."
Bill Cosby
"The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods."
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"Marriage has just never interested me."
Jacqueline Bisset
"Marriage has just never interested me."
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"Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting."
Augusten Burroughs
"Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting."
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"The activists will not stop in trying to impose their extreme views on the rest of us, and they have now plotted out a state-by-state strategy to increase the number of judicial decisions redefining marriage without the voice of the people being heard."
Jim Bunning
"The activists will not stop in trying to impose their extreme views on the rest of us, and they have now plotted out a state-by-state strategy to increase the number of judicial decisions redefining marriage without the voice of the people being heard."
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"Marriage isn't a carnival ride."
Aisha Tyler
"Marriage isn't a carnival ride."
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"Every night, whisper "peace" in your husband's ear."
Andrei A. Gromyko
"Every night, whisper "peace" in your husband's ear."
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"I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot."
Rick Santorum
"I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot."
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"When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place."
Helen Gahagan
"When a marriage works, nothing on earth can take its place."
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"Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on."
Stockwell Day
"Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on."
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"I'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general."
Leah Ward Sears
"I'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general."
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"And in a marriage you can't TRY and be married. You're married or you're not married... as far as I'm concerned."
Ringo Starr
"And in a marriage you can't TRY and be married. You're married or you're not married... as far as I'm concerned."
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"Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society."
Jack Kingston
"Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society."
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