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" There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. "

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" My friendship with the great actor and director Alan Rickman did not have a particularly auspicious start. "

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" Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves. "

" One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim. "

" 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. "

" A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. "

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" Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it. "

" The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth. "

" A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend. "

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" There are lots of things going on for teenagers, with exam stress, changing friendship groups, becoming independent, and all those hormone changes affecting you. "

" We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world - but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first. "

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

" I know Donald Trump. I've met him; I know his family. I have love and friendship and affection for his family members. But I'm going to work very hard to ensure that he is not our president. "

" The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne. "

" Restoration of friendship with Russia, our biggest neighbor, is necessary for our peace and economy. "

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" It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subject. It's a difficult balance. "

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" Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts. "

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" 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. "

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" If I'm right, the only reason our species is still around is because of our friendship with the canines. "

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" As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

" Friendship is a difficult, dangerous job. It is also (though we rarely admit it) extremely exhausting. "

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" The first two lessons, which we learned early in our efforts to be good member missionaries, have made sharing the Gospel much easier: We simply can't predict who will or won't be interested in the Gospel, and building a friendship is not a prerequisite to inviting people to learn about the Gospel. "

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" Friendship formed in the glamour industry comes with mutual benefits, which is nice, but it is not the real deal. "

" When our weaknesses affect health and friendship, we are very much aware of their existence. "

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" Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared. "