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In marriage, someone has to be a giver and someone a taker. I am a taker who married a giver. -- Robert Preston
I went nearly 30 years without being able to really seriously entertain marriage or a family. In fact, the word 'marriage' would actually give me a shake when it was brought up. -- Nancy Grace
In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way. -- Iris Murdoch
Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well. -- Anita Shreve
In my mind, marriage is a spiritual partnership and union in which we willingly give and receive love, create and share intimacy, and open ourselves to be available and accessible to another human being in order to heal, learn and grow. -- Iyanla Vanzant
In marriage, it's always that give and take and rebalancing that we have to do in how we can help each other. But, I have been known at times by my sons, that is the name that they call me-the Mitt stabilizer. -- Ann Romney
Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done. -- Michelle Shocked
When I heard the royal family wanted to have me perform in celebration of Prince William's marriage, I knew I had to give them a little something. 'Wet' is the perfect anthem for Prince William or any playa to get the club smokin'. -- Snoop Dogg
Marriage can be tough. It really is. But God is calling you to do everything you can. It's just not you and your spouse. There's a third person in your marriage. And God would like to bless and protect that marriage, and give you many fruitful days ahead. -- Tim Huelskamp
When I started caregiving, I was not on very firm ground. My first marriage had dissolved. I was working at an ice-cream stand in my thirties. I learned that when you don't have anything to give, that's when you really give, and then you get back so much more. -- Jonathan Evison
But marriage goes in waves. You've got to be patient. People bail and give up on their marriages way too early. They just don't put the work and the effort into it. You've got to suck up your ego a lot of times, because that can be a big downfall. -- Anna Benson
Even though my first marriage broke up, I'd say that I've had two good marriages and two good men. I've been very lucky. I like to think it's karma because, in a relationship, I give 300 per cent. I'm straight with my men, and I like to think it comes back. -- Suzi Quatro
The institution of marriage works better when there's a spiritual connection. If you're marrying just for the sake of the woman, then you may lose interest in each other very soon. When we marry in the interest of the Holy Spirit with the intention of serving God and humanity, then it gives a much larger perspective. -- A. R. Rahman
I know in my own marriage I stayed in it to provide my son with what I thought was a stable background and to give him what I thought was the family life a child should have with two parents. But that isn't always the best way, and it took me taking my son to therapy after the divorce to really see it. -- Regina King
Love is giving, marriage is buying and selling. You can't put love into a contract. -- Margaret Atwood
God is more interested in restoring our hearts to Him, than giving us a happy marriage. -- Ngina Otiende
Giving men marriage tips is a little like offering Vikings a free booklet titled How Not to Pillage. -- Robert Wright
Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest. -- H. L. Mencken
It's only some rice and beans Captain. It's not like I'm giving you Cara's hand in marriage." - Richard -- Terry Goodkind
What a good thing there is no marriage or giving in marriage in the after-life; it will certainly help to smooth things out. -- Barbara Pym
Marriage is not 50-50. Divorce is 50-50. Marriage has to be 100-100. It isn't dividing everything in half, but giving everything you've got! -- Dave Willis
We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people are simply giving up on marriage as a public commitment. -- Pope Francis
To a man, marriage means giving up four out of five of the chiffonier drawers; to a woman, giving up four out of five of her opinions. -- Helen Rowland
No intelligent government can continue to ignore the urgent priority of giving support and practical encouragement to marriage and family stability as the first response to growing social needs. -- Vincent Nichols

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