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He understands not only with his brain but with his heart. And that might be called love. Not quite sure, but maybe that's the key.

— Anne Bancroft On her husband Mel Brooks Associated Press interview (1997)

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More quotes by Anne Bancroft

I don't quite jump for joy, but I am awfully glad to see him.

On her husband Mel Brooks Associated Press interview (1997)

To this day, when men meet me, there's always that movie in the back of their mind.

If you marry the wrong person for the wrong reasons, then no matter how hard you work, it's never going to work, because then you have to completely change yourself, completely change them, completely — by that time, you're both dead.

On successful marriage. Associated Press interview (1997)

There are always good parts. They may not pay what you want, and they may not have as many days' work as you want, they may not have the billing that you want, they may not have a lot of things, but — the content of the role itself — I find there are many roles.

Associated Press interview (1997)

I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?

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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

Alexander Pope

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