Carolyn Heilbrun (Carolyn Gold Heilbrun) Quotes
I don't know why togetherness was ever held up as an ideal of marriage. Away from home for both, then together, that's much better.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I don't believe in one ideal beauty.
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I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.
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If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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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.
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When I was born here in Gulfport in 1966, my parents' interracial marriage was still illegal, and it was very hard to drive around town with my parents, to be out in public with my parents.
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Let us be honest with each other. The threat to marriage is not the gays. It is a lack of loving commitment - whether it is found in the form of neglect, indifference, cruelty or adultery, to name just a few manifestations of the loveless desert in which too many marriages come to grief.
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My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.
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I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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I am the first one to go to university in my family. I am the first writer as well. My dad is a retired policeman, and my mom works for a glass-processing company. She is health-and-safety manager, and my stepfather is a plumber. I have four half siblings, one from my mom's marriage and three from my dad's marriage, so we are kind of scattered.
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I only gave out my opinion that same sex marriage is against the law of God.
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How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.
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The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
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Marriage is socialism among two people.
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The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.
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I believe in traditional marriage.
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For some people, marriage may be very groovy. For me, it really isn't. I don't think it really is for most people anyway. Most people are not very happy.
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It shouldn't be an issue that we have a black president. Gay marriage shouldn't be an issue. And women being funny shouldn't be an issue.
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If stocks double but the dollar loses half its value, who beyond Wall Street are the winners and losers?
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There is not one piece of cosmic dust that is outside the scope of God's sovereign providence.
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I don't know why togetherness was ever held up as an ideal of marriage. Away from home for both, then together, that's much better.
