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The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of

The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord. – Jon Meacham

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The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children faces assault from just about every direction. That great enemy of democratic capitalism, economic inequality, is real and growing. – Jon Meacham

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Future
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Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didnt work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War, it probably wont work for you either. – Jon Meacham

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War
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History tells us that America does best when the private sector is energetic and entrepreneurial and the government is attentive and engaged. Who among us, really, would, looking back, wish to edit out either sphere at the entire expense of the other? – Jon Meacham

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Government
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If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam. – Johnny Carson

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Marriage

Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didnt even have when you were on your own. – Eddie Cantor

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Marriage

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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Marriage

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory. – Abraham Lincoln

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Marriage

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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today. – James Dean

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Yearbooks

The cool parts – the parts that have won Dubai its reputation as the Vegas of the Middle East or the Venice of the Middle East or the Disney World of the Middle East, if Disney World were the size of San Francisco and out in a desert – have been built in the last ten years. – George Saunders

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cool

I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained. – Craig Ferguson

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Hope

I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they dont appreciate that. – Alain Prost

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Success