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"In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy."
Michael Kinsley
"In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy."
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"You will often be in despair. You will sometimes think it's the worst decision in your life. That's fine. That's not a sign your marriage has gone wrong. It's a sign that it's normal it's on track. And many of the hopes that took you into the marriage will have to die in order for the marriage to continue."
Alain de Botton
"You will often be in despair. You will sometimes think it's the worst decision in your life. That's fine. That's not a sign your marriage has gone wrong. It's a sign that it's normal it's on track. And many of the hopes that took you into the marriage will have to die in order for the marriage to continue."
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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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"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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"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 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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"Marriage, laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence."
Dora Russell
"Marriage, laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence."
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"The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year."
Hedy Lamarr
"The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year."
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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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"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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"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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"My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned."
Joseph Barbera
"My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned."
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"Just don't go to a place where everything is too expensive... it'll put your husband in a bad mood."
Diane von Furstenberg
"Just don't go to a place where everything is too expensive... it'll put your husband in a bad mood."
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"And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous."
Damon Wayans
"And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous."
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"Marriage is a big deal, but who's to say I'm not going to pull a Vegas and get married to see what it's like for a minute?"
Lindsay Lohan
"Marriage is a big deal, but who's to say I'm not going to pull a Vegas and get married to see what it's like for a minute?"
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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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"That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds."
John Updike
"That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds."
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"In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent."
Jessica Savitch
"In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent."
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"Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest."
George Eliot
"Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest."
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"I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman."
Arnold Schwarzenegger
"I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman."
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"What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married."
Alain de Botton
"What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married."
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"All other goods by fortune's hand are given: A wife is the peculiar gift of Heav'n."
Alexander Pope
"All other goods by fortune's hand are given: A wife is the peculiar gift of Heav'n."
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"Marriage is a million piece puzzle, a pristine and exciting pursuit at the beginning that gradually becomes a daunting task, usually more challenging than anticipated. It is only those truly committed to solving that puzzle who witness in the end the miraculous outcome of every tiny piece laid out and pressed together in an inspiring and envious creation-a treasure only time, resoluteness, and perseverance could create."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"Marriage is a million piece puzzle, a pristine and exciting pursuit at the beginning that gradually becomes a daunting task, usually more challenging than anticipated. It is only those truly committed to solving that puzzle who witness in the end the miraculous outcome of every tiny piece laid out and pressed together in an inspiring and envious creation-a treasure only time, resoluteness, and perseverance could create."
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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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"If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish."
H. L. Mencken
"If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish."
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"A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit."
Anthony Trollope
"A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit."
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"A healthy marriage acts as the vessel of wellbeing and stability for both partners as well as the children."
Abhijit Naskar
"A healthy marriage acts as the vessel of wellbeing and stability for both partners as well as the children."
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"I think that two people who decide to live together in a marriage situation, they have an obligation to make the marriage work for them."
Helen Reddy
"I think that two people who decide to live together in a marriage situation, they have an obligation to make the marriage work for them."
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"Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost."
Herbert Spencer
"Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost."
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"A woman asking "Am I good? Am I satisfied?" is extremely selfish. The less women fuss about themselves, the less they talk to other women, the more they try to please their husbands, the happier the marriage is going to be."
Barbara Cartland
"A woman asking "Am I good? Am I satisfied?" is extremely selfish. The less women fuss about themselves, the less they talk to other women, the more they try to please their husbands, the happier the marriage is going to be."
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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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"I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse."
Benjamin Spock
"I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse."
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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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"On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me."
John C. Hawkes
"On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me."
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"Perhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage."
Hedy Lamarr
"Perhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage."
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"There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them."
C. S. Lewis
"There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them."
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"Never marry when under the guise you need to 'see if it'll work', but rather marry because in your mind you want to make it work."
Criss Jami
"Never marry when under the guise you need to 'see if it'll work', but rather marry because in your mind you want to make it work."
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"I invented the psychological histories and the relationship between Jack and Susan Stanton. I didn't know anything about the Clintons. I don't know more about the Clintons' marriage than you do."
Joe Klein
"I invented the psychological histories and the relationship between Jack and Susan Stanton. I didn't know anything about the Clintons. I don't know more about the Clintons' marriage than you do."
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"The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our Constitution."
Ted Olson
"The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our Constitution."
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"Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the definition of a marriage as between one man and one woman."
Randy Neugebauer
"Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the definition of a marriage as between one man and one woman."
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"Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance."
Michel de Montaigne
"Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance."
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"We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character."
Kate Mulgrew
"We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character."
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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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"The real reason a husband and wife always fight is because they always focus on the ugliness in each other and have forgotten to focus on the beauties that attracted them at first."
Debasish Mridha
"The real reason a husband and wife always fight is because they always focus on the ugliness in each other and have forgotten to focus on the beauties that attracted them at first."
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"The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest."
Anne Tyler
"The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest."
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"I have a very intense marriage."
James Ellroy
"I have a very intense marriage."
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"I'm a little skeptical about using the Constitution this way, but I also believe marriage is between a man and a woman and that the courts shouldn't legislate this matter."
Pete Coors
"I'm a little skeptical about using the Constitution this way, but I also believe marriage is between a man and a woman and that the courts shouldn't legislate this matter."
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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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"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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