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Marriage was all a womans idea and for mans acceptance of the pret

Marriage was all a womans idea and for mans acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful. – Phyllis McGinley

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Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone. – Phyllis McGinley

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alone
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Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure. – Phyllis McGinley

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Peace
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If I get married, I want to be very married. – Audrey Hepburn

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Im a heathen when it comes to marriage. – Greta Scacchi

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My parents marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they werent good for each other. – Gail Porter

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Frank and explicit — that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others. – Benjamin Disraeli

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I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in Night. I questioned Gods silence. So I questioned. I dont have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. – Elie Wiesel

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I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while. – George Bernard Shaw

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If youve got a piece and you can feel the person whos going to direct it is really made for it, if its really special for them, then its going to be a better-than-usual experience. – Edward Norton

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