"Every marriage is a battle between two families struggling to reproduce themselves."

-- Carl Whitaker

#Struggle Quotes #Two Quotes #Battle Quotes

“We'll have a different set of values, and society will adapt. That doesn't mean these changes are all good, just because we will accept them. But the 'Chicken Little' view of history isn't correct. Changes take place gradually, and people and institutions adapt.”
“Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a whole, and you thereupon have present in you the image, so to speak, of the divine knowledge of the temporal order.”

Source : Josiah Royce, John Joseph McDermott, Ignas K. Skrupskelis (2005). “The Basic Writings of Josiah Royce: Culture, philosophy, and religion”, p.633, Fordham Univ Press
“The pleasures of intimacy in friendship depend far more on external circumstances than people of a sentimental turn of mind are willing to concede; and when constant companionship ceases to suit the convenience of both parties, the chances are that it will be dropped on the first favourable opportunity.”

Source : Hester Lynch Piozzi (1861). “Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)”, p.100
“I love the medium and I love individual comics, but the business is nothing I would be proud of.”
“I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster.”
“I don't think it has to be one religious structure, one church. I think the issues of faith and redemption are much more universal than any one religion.”
“I write for an audience that likes what I like, reads what I read, thinks about the things I think about. In many ways, this puts me in opposition to the people who go to the theater generally.”
“Although I fancy Britney, I think Shakira is hot too. Maybe I could let them fight over me. I'm a young lad and I've got to keep my options open.”

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