“The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord.”
— Jon Meacham
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“My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.”
— Mercedes McCambridge
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“The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly.”
— Peter De Vries
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“It devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic – another joke marriage.”
— Sophia Bush
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“Odd, the years it took to learn one simple fact: that the prize just ahead, the next job, publication, love affair, marriage always seemed to hold the key to satisfaction but never, in the longer run, sufficed.”
— Carolyn Heilbrun
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“Obviously, the anti-ERA people are tickled about my ordeal because it proves that the ERA breaks up families. When they point out that feminism is a dangerous thing, I just say marriage is pretty precarious too.”
— Sonia Johnson
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“Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.”
— Franz Kafka
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“The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there.”
— James Denton
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“Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.”
— Alphonse Karr
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“I think that marriage is an amazing institution and should be preserved, and you can have great marriages, and you must because sharing your life with someone is like the greatest thing. And I loved being able to set a good example for that on television.”
— Jenna Elfman
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“It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.”
— Jane Austen
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