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The first breath of adultery is the freest after it, constraints a

The first breath of adultery is the freest after it, constraints aping marriage develop. – John Updike

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Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. – John Updike

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

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Marriage
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We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. – John Updike

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I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more. – Marc Chagall

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I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I dont regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You cant have it all. – Lauren Bacall

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That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage. – Jesse Helms

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Gay marriage is going to happen. It must. – Lady Gaga

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Faith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. Gods truth may be fixed and unchanging, but our comprehension of that truth will always be partial and flawed at best. – Gene Robinson

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I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. – George Bernard Shaw

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At the beginning of every winter people are careful to install storm windows. These extra panes of glass protect their houses against the bitter winds. We do something very similar to protect our minds through the practice of meditation. – Eknath Easwaran

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His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. – Woody Allen

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