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		There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Socrates
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				P. L. Travers
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Max Minghella is a very close friend of mine, and I talk to him regularly.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Oscar Isaac
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I have to write what I can write, and writing the text of a picture book is like walking a tightrope, if you ramble off... As my friend Julius Lester says, 'A picture book is the essence of an experience.'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Patricia MacLachlan
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Ben Stiller, who I love and who is a friend and is such an incredible actor - he's hilarious, obviously, but I thought his performance in 'Greenberg' was extraordinary.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Laura Dern
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I just lost my best friend, I have been crying hysterical for a full day.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bam Margera
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Barbara Tuchman
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		Well, first of all, I'm an incredibly gullible person - I'm so bad that when I said that to someone, my friend said, 'You know, 'gullible' isn't even in the dictionary.' And I said, 'Really?' As I was saying 'Really?' I will acknowledge that I then realized what was happening, but that's how bad I am.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Carla Gugino
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jack Lemmon
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I am like a friend to my kids. My wife, Sangeeta, handles their studies, etc.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Vijay
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Ninoy Aquino was a friend; I knew his faults, which were outweighed by his virtues.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				F. Sionil Jose
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I was gay before I began to play soccer over 40 years ago. It's been 28 years since a friend and I organized one of the first gay soccer teams in the world.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Rabih Alameddine
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		Eminem is more like a friend. And I'm also a fan on Eminem.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Obie Trice
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Yevgeny Yevtushenko
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If I'm thrifting, and I find this great dress, but it won't fit me, and I won't grow into it because I'm impossibly tiny, I don't want to let it sit there. I'll buy it and send it to a friend.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Tavi Gevinson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Saadi
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one. A Stanford study showed that those who saw a photo of their future self made smarter financial decisions.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				A. J. Jacobs
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Barbara De Angelis