“Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations.”
— Lincoln Chafee
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“Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.”
— Thomas Jefferson
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“It takes a long time to grow an old friend.”
— John Leonard
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“I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
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“To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time.”
— Cornelia Otis Skinner
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“They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard test, that they never quarrelled or disputed the possession of a favourite fruit with each other.”
— Henry Walter Bates
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“Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.”
— Malcolm Arnold
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“It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.”
— E. W. Howe
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“No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.”
— Madeleine Albright
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“I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.”
— Katherine Mansfield
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“Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare – and precious as a pearl.”
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
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