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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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"A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not."
Dalton Trumbo
"A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not."
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"Treat marriage like a diamond necklace; if broken, fix it, but do not throw it away."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Treat marriage like a diamond necklace; if broken, fix it, but do not throw it away."
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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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"Although we hardly see each other off the set, Joy and I get along well when we do. As far as the marriage between Nathan and Haley, I think they are young and will see the reality of the situation eventually."
James Lafferty
"Although we hardly see each other off the set, Joy and I get along well when we do. As far as the marriage between Nathan and Haley, I think they are young and will see the reality of the situation eventually."
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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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"Marriage is too interesting an experiment to be tried only once."
Eva Gabor
"Marriage is too interesting an experiment to be tried only once."
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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's nice to know you have support. Last night I got a marriage proposal. I just laughed."
Carrie Underwood
"It's nice to know you have support. Last night I got a marriage proposal. I just laughed."
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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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"To us marriage is first, everything else is second."
Julie Benz
"To us marriage is first, everything else is second."
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"I decided he'd changed so much that a whole new book was required and that book actually I can say so was the first to say that the marriage was in trouble and the Prince didn't like at all and my book was being serialized in the Sunday Times over five weeks."
Anthony Holden
"I decided he'd changed so much that a whole new book was required and that book actually I can say so was the first to say that the marriage was in trouble and the Prince didn't like at all and my book was being serialized in the Sunday Times over five weeks."
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"Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset."
Ann Landers
"Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset."
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"American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them."
Florence King
"American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them."
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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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"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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"A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married."
H. L. Mencken
"A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married."
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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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"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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"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 is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open."
George Bernard Shaw
"Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open."
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"A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement."
Paul Getty
"A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement."
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"Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest."
Yoko Ono
"Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest."
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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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"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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"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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"Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond."
Thomas Love Peacock
"Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond."
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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 am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia."
Connie Willis
"I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia."
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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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"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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"A young man married is a man that's marred."
William Shakespeare
"A young man married is a man that's marred."
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"I mean, for all of his faults and the troubles in his marriage, Bill Clinton is still married to a girl he met in the library 25 years ago at school. Can we say that about many of our other leaders today in America, including on the right wing?"
Paul Begala
"I mean, for all of his faults and the troubles in his marriage, Bill Clinton is still married to a girl he met in the library 25 years ago at school. Can we say that about many of our other leaders today in America, including on the right wing?"
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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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"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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"Marriage is obsolete and a trap."
Catherine Deneuve
"Marriage is obsolete and a trap."
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"Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier."
H. L. Mencken
"Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier."
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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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"Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued."
Robert Graves
"Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued."
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"Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage."
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"I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage."
Stephen Harper
"I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage."
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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 is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder."
Thornton Wilder
"Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder."
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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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"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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"Provincial governments in Canada have terminated the positions of marriage commissioners who have, for personal religious convictions, not performed same sex marriages. It has happened in Saskatchewan."
Stockwell Day
"Provincial governments in Canada have terminated the positions of marriage commissioners who have, for personal religious convictions, not performed same sex marriages. It has happened in Saskatchewan."
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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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"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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"I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage."
Keith Richards
"I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage."
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