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"Yes, the marriage proposal was shot. Michael excluded the dialogue from the final edit."
Madeleine Stowe
"Yes, the marriage proposal was shot. Michael excluded the dialogue from the final edit."
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"My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage."
Kenneth G. Wilson
"My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage."
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"Women today have more of an overview of their lives and how marriage is or is not a part of it."
Helen Reddy
"Women today have more of an overview of their lives and how marriage is or is not a part of it."
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"I worked with John, but I had enough sense to walk just a little ways behind him. I could have made more records, but I wanted to have a marriage."
June Carter Cash
"I worked with John, but I had enough sense to walk just a little ways behind him. I could have made more records, but I wanted to have a marriage."
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"Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness."
Benjamin Franklin
"Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness."
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"This is the kind of situation that can tear people apart. It tears at the fabric of your soul and can certainly tear at your marriage and ours has gotten only stronger."
Shelley Fabares
"This is the kind of situation that can tear people apart. It tears at the fabric of your soul and can certainly tear at your marriage and ours has gotten only stronger."
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"Whenever the people are for gay marriage or medical marijuana or assisted suicide, suddenly the "will of the people" goes out the window."
Bill Maher
"Whenever the people are for gay marriage or medical marijuana or assisted suicide, suddenly the "will of the people" goes out the window."
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"A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day."
Andre Maurois
"A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day."
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"Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce."
P. J. O'Rourke
"Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce."
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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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"When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage."
Queen Victoria
"When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage."
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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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"Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences."
Isadora Duncan
"Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences."
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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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"When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments."
Maggie Gallagher
"When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments."
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"Marriage has just never interested me."
Jacqueline Bisset
"Marriage has just never interested me."
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"I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce."
Catherine Deneuve
"I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce."
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"No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association."
Johnny Weissmuller
"No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association."
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"Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction, became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time, to be not only use of but possession of, or ownership."
Andrea Dworkin
"Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction, became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time, to be not only use of but possession of, or ownership."
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"It was the courts, of course, that took away prayer from our schools, that took away Bible reading from our schools. It's the courts that gave us same-sex marriage. So it is quite a battlefield, and the Supreme Court is the highest court in the land."
Rod Parsley
"It was the courts, of course, that took away prayer from our schools, that took away Bible reading from our schools. It's the courts that gave us same-sex marriage. So it is quite a battlefield, and the Supreme Court is the highest court in the land."
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"They make Spy Kids, they make Scream, they make A Scary Movie. This doesn't do that, so it could be a very bad marriage. I'm trying to keep this potential nightmare quiet because we're just finishing editing."
Terry Gilliam
"They make Spy Kids, they make Scream, they make A Scary Movie. This doesn't do that, so it could be a very bad marriage. I'm trying to keep this potential nightmare quiet because we're just finishing editing."
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"I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefully gay marriage will be a part of that country."
Vanessa Kerry
"I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefully gay marriage will be a part of that country."
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"My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started."
Andrew Sullivan
"My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started."
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"I may as well say it, I have been married three times."
C. L. R. James
"I may as well say it, I have been married three times."
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"When two people marry they become in the eyes of the law one person, and that one person is the husband."
Shana Alexander
"When two people marry they become in the eyes of the law one person, and that one person is the husband."
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"I had arranged a birthday party for him and my children, who are all Aquarians. Instead, we got married. I ran out of excuses. It was just us and my children."
Diane von Furstenberg
"I had arranged a birthday party for him and my children, who are all Aquarians. Instead, we got married. I ran out of excuses. It was just us and my children."
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"Mr. DeMille's theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory."
Hedy Lamarr
"Mr. DeMille's theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory."
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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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"Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage."
Sydney J. Harris
"Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage."
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"The president strongly believes that marriage in this country ought to be between a man and a woman. He also believes it is something that ought to be decided by the people. He doesn't believe that judges ought to impose their will on the people."
Ken Mehlman
"The president strongly believes that marriage in this country ought to be between a man and a woman. He also believes it is something that ought to be decided by the people. He doesn't believe that judges ought to impose their will on the people."
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"Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty."
Helen Rowland
"Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty."
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"Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough."
Ingrid Bergman
"Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough."
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"Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate."
Corrine Brown
"Marriage has historically been in the domain of the States to regulate."
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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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"The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible; that is, that one is male and the other female."
Anna Quindlen
"The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible; that is, that one is male and the other female."
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"Today, I will vote in support of the Marriage Protection Amendment. I shall do so because like President Bush, I strongly believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman."
Nick Lampson
"Today, I will vote in support of the Marriage Protection Amendment. I shall do so because like President Bush, I strongly believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman."
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"In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring."
Enid Bagnold
"In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring."
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"I believe I went through a divorce. My relationship with Ellen is no less significant as a marriage than my relationship to Coley."
Anne Heche
"I believe I went through a divorce. My relationship with Ellen is no less significant as a marriage than my relationship to Coley."
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"I have a wonderful marriage and two great kids."
Kelly Preston
"I have a wonderful marriage and two great kids."
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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 did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy."
Anne Stevenson
"I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy."
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"Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps."
Joe Murray
"Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps."
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"A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after."
Gloria Steinem
"A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after."
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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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"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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"For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort of be the marriage between both."
Katey Sagal
"For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort of be the marriage between both."
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"We are no more content to plod along the beaten paths - and so marriage must go the way of God."
Amy Levy
"We are no more content to plod along the beaten paths - and so marriage must go the way of God."
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"The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional."
Ted Olson
"The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional."
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"There are powerful emotions that bring two people together in wonderful harmony in a marriage. Satan knows this, and would tempt you to try these emotions outside of marriage. Do not stir emotions meant to be used only in marriage."
Richard G. Scott
"There are powerful emotions that bring two people together in wonderful harmony in a marriage. Satan knows this, and would tempt you to try these emotions outside of marriage. Do not stir emotions meant to be used only in marriage."
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"Let me first state that I believe that marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman."
Judy Biggert
"Let me first state that I believe that marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman."
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