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"I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly."

"I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

Wife, Chance, English, Golf

14

"You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that's what me and my wife have. We don't need each other but we want to be with each other and I think it's important to educate the kids with that."

"You can be very independent, but admit to wanting somebody close to you and that's what me and my wife have. We don't need each other but we want to be with each other and I think it's important to educate the kids with that."

Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor

Wife, Kids, Want

14

"When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany."

"When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany."

Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian Celebrity

Wife, Thought, Germany, Want

14

"I am a quick study - I can memorize a script in an hour - but I can't remember a name three seconds. I've even forgotten my wife's name on occasion."

"I am a quick study - I can memorize a script in an hour - but I can't remember a name three seconds. I've even forgotten my wife's name on occasion."

Don Adams, American Comedian

Wife, Name, Quick, Study

14

"I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So when you think about it, I'm lucky."

"I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So when you think about it, I'm lucky."

Ian Hart, English Actor

Wife, Kids, Years

14

"He asked why and I said, 'Because Gwyneth has a fat suit, my wife has a fat suit - I don't get a fat suit?' He looked at me and said, 'You mean you don't have one on?'"

"He asked why and I said, 'Because Gwyneth has a fat suit, my wife has a fat suit - I don't get a fat suit?' He looked at me and said, 'You mean you don't have one on?'"

Joe Viterelli, American Actor

14

"We had to be very careful on our best behaviour when we went to these other countries. And then I made a living, I had a chance to support my wife and my kids. It was a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful program from that point of view."

"We had to be very careful on our best behaviour when we went to these other countries. And then I made a living, I had a chance to support my wife and my kids. It was a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful program from that point of view."

Gavin MacLeod, American Actor

Wife, Chance, Countries, Kids

14

"He was happily married - but his wife wasn't."

"He was happily married - but his wife wasn't."

Victor Borge, American Musician

14

"I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky."

"I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

Wife, HusbDay, Moon, Promise

14

"I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My wife, child and I slept in the studio. We cut these raw."

"I told them if were going to do it were going to do it right, I'm not leaving 'til it's done. My wife, child and I slept in the studio. We cut these raw."

Dick Dale, American Musician

14

"I think my wife saw a picture of the rock group Journey, and they're kind of aging, and the one guy had dyed blonde hair with black roots, and... my idea was to get a little earring, I wanted to have a dangling earring."

"I think my wife saw a picture of the rock group Journey, and they're kind of aging, and the one guy had dyed blonde hair with black roots, and... my idea was to get a little earring, I wanted to have a dangling earring."

Fred Willard, American Comedian

Wife, Idea, Hair, Journey

13

"Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife."

"Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife."

Groucho Marx, American Comedian

Wife, Successful, Man, Woman

13

"With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife."

"With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife."

Eugene Ormandy, American Musician

13

"If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors."

"If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors."

Hans Kung, Swiss Theologian

Wife, Children, Impulses, Temptation

13

"I used to hang out with Salvador Dali a lot. He was such a nice man. I really liked his wife Gala, too. People say that she was tricky, but she was never difficult with me."

"I used to hang out with Salvador Dali a lot. He was such a nice man. I really liked his wife Gala, too. People say that she was tricky, but she was never difficult with me."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Wife, People, Man

13

"My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments."

"My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments."

John Barrymore, American Actor

Wife, Arguments, Words

13

"If you have your wife, and you are proud of something she's done, wouldn't you go and support her in something? That is what I was trying to do."

"If you have your wife, and you are proud of something she's done, wouldn't you go and support her in something? That is what I was trying to do."

Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

Wife, Support, Trying

13

"Having been to Europe and working and traveling there, the restaurants my wife and I remember were always off the beaten trail restaurants. So I tried to seek a little 'off the beaten trail,' but cool area."

"Having been to Europe and working and traveling there, the restaurants my wife and I remember were always off the beaten trail restaurants. So I tried to seek a little 'off the beaten trail,' but cool area."

Todd English, American Celebrity

Wife, Europe, Restaurants, Traveling

13

"I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished."

"I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

Wife, Day, Eye, Illusion

13

"The only thing I feel passionate about is my wife."

"The only thing I feel passionate about is my wife."

Donald Sutherland, Canadian Actor

13

"I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me."

"I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

Wife, English, Now

13

"My wife read Narc as well and was really into it."

"My wife read Narc as well and was really into it."

Ray Liotta, American Actor

13

"I'm still very close friends with his first wife, Neile, who is now remarried."

"I'm still very close friends with his first wife, Neile, who is now remarried."

Robert Vaughn, American Actor

Wife, First, Friends, Now

12

"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her."

"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her."

Rodney Dangerfield, American Comedian

Wife, Want, Years

12

"My wife and I have always trusted each other, and I have to thank her strength."

"My wife and I have always trusted each other, and I have to thank her strength."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

12

"My wife and I are affiliated with a temple here in Los Angeles. We feel very close to the congregation and to the rabbi, who happens to be my wife's cousin and who I admire greatly. I talk to him regularly but I consider myself more spiritual than religious."

"My wife and I are affiliated with a temple here in Los Angeles. We feel very close to the congregation and to the rabbi, who happens to be my wife's cousin and who I admire greatly. I talk to him regularly but I consider myself more spiritual than religious."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

Wife, Temple, Religious, Spiritual

12

"Don't eat me. I have a wife and kids. Eat them."

"Don't eat me. I have a wife and kids. Eat them."

Dan Castellaneta, American Actor

12

"Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private."

"Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

12

"I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression."

"I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression."

Tom Glazer, American Musician

Wife, College, Depression, Jobs

12

"It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films."

"It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films."

Vin Diesel, American Actor

Wife, Deals, Film, Loss

12

"We have two kids, my wife and myself."

"We have two kids, my wife and myself."

Thelonious Monk, American Musician

12

"Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!"

"Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!"

Derek Luke, American Actor

12

"My wife and two children traveled with me on locations all last season."

"My wife and two children traveled with me on locations all last season."

Martin Milner, American Actor

12

"We made one film called Thy Neighbor's Wife in which I got flogged at the public whipping post for adultery. I did my best acting in that film, I guess."

"We made one film called Thy Neighbor's Wife in which I got flogged at the public whipping post for adultery. I did my best acting in that film, I guess."

Cleo Moore, American Actress

Wife, Acting, Adultery, Film

12

"He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?"

"He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?"

William Wycherley, English Dramatist

Wife, Fool, Man, Wit

12

"Terry said he had this new kid and his wife didn't want to live in England. He wanted to tour. He hated being in the studio. Terry liked seeing various bars the world over and getting smashed out of his brain. He was a sort of latent Keith Moon."

"Terry said he had this new kid and his wife didn't want to live in England. He wanted to tour. He hated being in the studio. Terry liked seeing various bars the world over and getting smashed out of his brain. He was a sort of latent Keith Moon."

Andy Partridge, British Musician

Wife, Being, England, Moon

12

"England is my wife, America my mistress. It is very good sometimes to get away from one's wife."

"England is my wife, America my mistress. It is very good sometimes to get away from one's wife."

Cedric Hardwicke, English Actor

Wife, America, England

12

"My former wife is a truly wonderful person."

"My former wife is a truly wonderful person."

Burt Lancaster, American Actor

12

"I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times."

"I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times."

Elizabeth Taylor, English Actress

12

"I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer."

"I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

12

"I don't feel ashamed of my wife's political background, and I don't think she should either. I feel that the people who administered the North of Ireland for the last 20 years should be ashamed. There you are."

"I don't feel ashamed of my wife's political background, and I don't think she should either. I feel that the people who administered the North of Ireland for the last 20 years should be ashamed. There you are."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

Wife, People, Ireland, Years

12

"If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances?"

"If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances?"

Charles Ives, American Composer

12

"Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first."

"Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first."

Billy Sunday, American Clergyman

11

"There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife."

"There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

Wife, Man, Nothing, Woman

11

"I had just broken up with my wife so I was searching for another way to live."

"I had just broken up with my wife so I was searching for another way to live."

Michael Davis, American Cartoonist

11

"My wife is the dancer, but I certainly know how to sing."

"My wife is the dancer, but I certainly know how to sing."

David Hasselhoff, American Actor

11

"I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive."

"I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive."

Barry Mann, American Musician

Wife, Beginning, Careers

11

"I don't think my wife likes me very much, when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance."

"I don't think my wife likes me very much, when I had a heart attack she wrote for an ambulance."

Frank Carson, Irish Comedian

11

"Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife."

"Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife."

Queen Victoria, British Royalty

11

"The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife."

"The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife."

Robert Duvall, American Actor

Wife, Battle, Israel, Man

11

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