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" People instantly assume you can't have a platonic friendship with someone of the opposite sex. I think this may be specific to L.A. - or America. "

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" How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. "

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

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" A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. "

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" True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. "

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" I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun. "

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