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Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of

Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner. – John Updike

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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. – John Updike

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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. – John Updike

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Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples? – Ted Olson

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Marriage is socialism among two people. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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The marriage state, with or without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of Heaven and Hell we are capable of receiving in this life. – Richard Steele, The Spectator

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I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both. – Catherine Helen Spence

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The only way to keep your health is to eat what you dont want, drink what you dont like, and do what youd rather not. – Mark Twain

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I cry a lot, you know. Which is very difficult for a man to recognise, but I do. I cry in movies, you know, just watching movies. – Antonio Banderas

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If you wish to keep as well as possible, the less you think about your health the better. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Over the Teacups, 1891

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Ive probably tried every fad diet in the world. – Jenna Ushkowitz

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