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" True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance. "

Henry David Thoreau

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" A band is a good way to break up a friendship. "

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" When I read 'Stand By Me,' it was like, 'This is a look back at the same time period when I was growing up, and it was about kids, but it really felt like what it was like to have those powerful feelings of friendship at age 12.' That's what got to me. "

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" How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. "

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" Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in; external situations cause internal friction; you grow apart and then bounce back together. "

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" That a friendship ends doesn't mean it was weak from the outset; that it ends says nothing about its importance. "

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" Of all possessions a friend is the most precious. "

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

William Glasser

" I gave Mitt Romney some donations for his campaign because he was a friend, and friendship came first. I've always been a Democrat, and I've had different views than Mitt Romney. I'm not Mitt Romney, and I think people will realize that when they meet me out there. "

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" Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. "

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" One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. "

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" November 11, 1802, I arrived at Judge Patterson's at Lisle. This respectable family treated me with every mark of distinction and friendship, and likewise all the people did the same. I really want for words to express my gratitude. "

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" It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. "

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