"Until we have a natural, that is, a conscientious world, it cannot be known by experience what natural law will do for the gratification of a supreme affection; but, if you will give me that world, there will be in it very few not called to marriage, provided society allows proper opportunities for acquaintance between marriageable persons."

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Source : Joseph Cook (1879). “Monday Lectures in Tremont Hall, Boston, U.S.”

Joseph Cook

#Marriage Quotes #Wedding Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“I have a rough idea when I walk into a studio though.”
“Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place.”
“It is a mysterious thing, the loss of faith-as mysterious as faith itself. Like faith, it is ultimately not rooted in logic; it is a change in the climate of the mind.”
“The audience too should be respected by being presented with a film as they remember it, and for those who have not seen it, as it was intended to be seen. Anything less is a degradation of the film and its audience.”

Source : George Cooper Stevens, Paul Cronin (2004). “George Stevens: Interviews”, p.12, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways.”
“Melancholy were the sounds on a winter's night.”
“Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice. And sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right timeor never.”
“It doesn't matter where anybody lives, we're all here.”

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