Love Quotes
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Two of the best-known love quotes are flagged here as misattributed. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life” is credited to Confucius. The oldest English version anyone has found is from a 1982 alumni magazine, where the man quoted was himself passing it along from an unnamed source. “God made beer because he loves us and wants us to be happy” is credited to Benjamin Franklin. It looks like a garbled version of what he wrote about wine in 1779, in a letter to André Morellet.
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His love is distant as the stars in Heaven,
Yet the sunflower bends toward the sun.
Hate, my gentle lady, said Captain Anschutz, is only Love that has lost its way home in the dark.
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
I learned I couldn’t shed light on love other than to feel its comings and goings and be grateful.
I do not regard myself as a celebrity, I am known for what I love doing and that is acting.
Most of all what has kept me alive is my passion and love for the game.
Ted, if you love me, lend me the lower wings from your Moth.
Give me a broom to sweep the public square
Or a woman to love and impregnate.
I have to love myself first in order for me to give more love to others.
We gave up a lot of ourselves totally for love and along the way ruined our voices.
"I would love now to see what I can do— not just in my comfort zone."