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" A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both. "

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" We have to rise above bad fortune. We have to be in the good and enjoy the good, study and work and adventure and friendship and community and love. "

" That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end. "

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" A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success! "

" Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship. "

William Glasser

" The orchid's association in Chinese culture with such virtues as elegance, good taste, friendship, and fertility goes all the way back to Confucius himself, who was said to have a particular attachment to the flowers. "

Lawrence Osborne

" But as I was saying, from my experiences, I think men tend to be more timid in expressing their feelings for you. Regardless, I always prefer a friendship first and foremost. "

" True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. "

" Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. "

James F. Byrnes

" Our philosophy precedes from the belief that sport is an inalienable part of the educational process and a factor for promoting peace, friendship, cooperation and understanding among peoples. "

Juan Antonio Samaranch

" Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used. "

" Love, friendship, networking - these are all critical connections and the foundation of a healthy, happy life. "

Whitney Wolfe Herd

" 'Mistresses' is about the lives of four women, each going through different versions of infidelity. Their longtime friendship is what gets them through extremely challenging times. "

" I have enjoyed most particularly reading the correspondence between Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. The genuine friendship, competitiveness and support that thread through their communications are life lessons for us all. "

" Friends confront each other sometimes, and sometimes the friendship lasts, and sometimes it doesn't. "

" The potential strength of female friendship and the bonds that can be formed, especially over a lifelong relationship, is very profound. "

" Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. "

" I think faith helps me a lot. God wants you to be where He wants you to be, and that's where I want to be. If I do not get a part, I understand that maybe I needed to be home at that time, maybe in school; there's always a reason. My faith is also where my core friends are, at my church, a faith-based friendship. "

" When you sit down to eat at a table, you are ready to take in nourishment - we all need to eat to live. Even in primal tribes, people ate together. It's the opening for friendship. "

Lidia Bastianich

" Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly? "

" I'm calling my book series the 'with God series.' And this next 'with God' book is Friendship with God, which comes out in November. This books challenges us to bring about the end of 'better' on this planet. "

Neale Donald Walsch

" It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. "

Theophile Gautier

" Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the decisive lead given by John Paul II. "

Pope Benedict XVI

" A friend is what the heart needs all the time. "

" I probably like being isolated more than many people do, but I'm lucky to have the friendship of many fine people, and they keep me from becoming very isolated. The world of my mind is certainly a populated and warm place, too. It's difficult for me to become too isolated with such resources. "

" America is stronger because of President Obama's leadership, and I'm better because of his friendship. "

Hillary Clinton

" In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. "

" Texas, with her superior natural advantages, must become a point of attraction, and the policy of establishing with her the earliest relations of friendship and commerce will not escape the eye of statesmen. "

" People are roasting each other at parties, at work events, around the fire. It's so fun. People are busting each other's chops, and it's a sign of affection, truly. It's a true test of love and friendship: can you make a man laugh at himself? So what makes a good burn? Go after targets you love and respect. And hit 'em hard. "

" My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But that's just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun. "

" Much of my work over the years has developed the premise that women's styles of friendship and conversation aren't inherently better than men's, simply different. "