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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 fact is that America has been at her most prosperous when government and the private sector have been not at war, but in a wary, if often underplayed, alliance. History is unmistakable on this point. – Jon Meacham

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It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and it is surely not nuance-based. What works in a classroom or a think tank does not work on Capitol Hill or in the White House. Obama sometimes seems to be running the Brookings Institution, not the country. – Jon Meacham

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World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man. – Jon Meacham

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Men should keep their eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards. – Madeleine de Scudery

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I never thought Id spend all my life with Gary. I suppose I was quite cynical about marriage. But with Jude, I knew right from the beginning: there was an electricity Id never felt before. It was so easy, we talked for hours. It was a relief, really. – Sadie Frost

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Marriage

Love-matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar. – Countess of Blessington

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Marriage

Married men live longer than single men. But married men are a lot more willing to die. – Johnny Carson

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I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care in the City of Boston. – Thomas Menino

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That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum. – Edmond de Goncourt

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Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. Its in any game that youre in – a business game or whatever – you cant get complacent. – Venus Williams

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Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. – George Orwell

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