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If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse — as a man

If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse — as a man shoots himself. – H.L. Mencken

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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. – H.L. Mencken

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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. – H.L. Mencken

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Life
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Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection. – James McGreevey

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Marriage is a financial contract I have enough contracts already. – Linda Fiorentino

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Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about. – Katharine Hepburn

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In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown more slowly than I had wished, but once it flowered it was much more stimulating than any marriage or relationship I had known. – Jane Smiley

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Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot. – John Major

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The Bush administration also was not straightforward about the intelligence it had, releasing tenuous information that fit its goal of attacking Iraq. I feel deceived. – Ken Lucas

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Locks keep out only the honest. – Yiddish Proverb

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Three passions, simple but overwhelming, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. – Bertrand Russell, Autobiography, 1967

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