Quote by Iris Murdoch
We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible,

We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is. – Iris Murdoch

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In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way. – Iris Murdoch

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Marriage
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The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all. – Iris Murdoch

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Marriage
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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for granted relationship. – Iris Murdoch

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Future
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When our opponents on the Left have no serious ideas of their own, they resort to emotional appeals that play up Americans fears about the future. – Paul Ryan

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Future

I stopped predicting the future a long time ago. – Fred Durst

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Future

I can count all the ways in which being a mother has enriched my understanding of the world, of character, my sense of the future and my attachment to it. I cant imagine what kind of writer Id be if I didnt have my kids. – Barbara Kingsolver

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Future

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesnt exist. – Azar Nafisi

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Future

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