Evan Esar Quotes
Some couples divorce because of a misunderstanding; others, because they understand each other too well.
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The divorce was the toughest thing in my life. It still hurts.
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Marriage counselors in particular all strongly recommend divorcees try to understand their role in a divorce before re-marrying. Statistics show if you re-marry before you've clearly seen things from the biter's point of view - you're re-bounded to fail again!
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Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5000 Gideon Bibles.
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In Palm Springs, they think homelessness is caused by bad divorce lawyers.
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It's lonely. That's why, in many ways, the CIA is the world's biggest dating agency, I think. I imagine it's much like two actors that get married because they understand that universe. You know, I'm pretty sure the agency's divorce rate is rather high.
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I am strong. I lived through a divorce, separation from my family. I never let it break me down. I’m not an alcoholic. I’ve never smoked, I’ve never done drugs. I’ve floated through the disaster of my past clean. I arrived here undamaged.
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Divorce is horrible. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. I don't think it's anything that's ever completely resolved.
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Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead.
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It is of great concern that the fabric of African life, its very source of hope and stability, is threatened by divorce, abortion, prostitution, human trafficking, and a contraception mentality.
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I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization and growth.
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What I always liked about country music was the stories, the ability to talk about very real things like divorce and drinking and death and jail.
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Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.
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Whether you want to lose 20 pounds or 200, what the contestants on 'The Biggest Loser' have learned - and taught me - holds true: You've got to make a break. You've got to divorce yourself from the past and find a different way of living. And you can never go back.
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Something like a divorce does change you, but children change you more, and now I've had three.
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Post-divorce, the world can feel harsh and full of jagged edges.
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Rehab is like a divorce.
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You have to be with the right person. It's so much more important to meet the right person, whether you're married or not, than it is to get married and get a divorce.
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My parents had a difficult divorce. My dad had to take a backseat for a few years, and my grandfather came in. He was also my inspiration for becoming an actor. I really respected him.
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Divorce was the darkest, saddest place I had ever been. It was a struggle - there were a good four or five months of not being able to get out of bed. It was the worst time in my life. You get through it. It's a process that's not easy, but I get less and less sad about it every day.
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Oxford has a slightly mythical rep, particularly for people who haven't been there.
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I'm not one to be like, 'What is everybody doing? Let me do that!' I just do what I want.
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Mystic equality lies in abstraction, not in having or in doing, which are processes. In function and process, one man, one part, must of necessity be subordinate to another. It is a condition of being.
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Some couples divorce because of a misunderstanding; others, because they understand each other too well.
