What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social intercourse. There are three cardinal rules -- don't take somebody else's boyfriend unless you've been specifically invited to do so, don't take a drink without being asked, and keep a scrupulous accounting in financial matters.
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I eat for survive OM BENIWAL Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford a... JIMMY CARTER You can say that you dont care what anyone thinks about you, but in the end, its all that really mat... TIFFANY GARLAND Love is a stranger and dont Live here,, and it dont even Visit KALUM JOHNSON (KDOG) I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a litt... J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN when im mad i usually punch a wall but that doesnt work so when your mad you dont need to punch a wa... DALLY SALAD Eat cheese and do a u-turn but if you dont like cheese dont eat cheese and do a u-turn KATIE BAVISTER Dont be afraid to take a big step.You cant cross a chasm in two small steps. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE When it comes to what you really want in life. Dont take no for an answer. Take no for a question an... BERNARD KELVIN CLIVE A university professor set an examination question in which he asked what is the difference between ... RICHARD PRATT People think that they are untouchable, but you will probably find that there lives are built around... GARY F EVANS... And kid Congress and the Senate, dont scold em. They are just children thats never grown up. They do... WILL ROGERS I keep getting described as a tall black drag queen, but I dont think of myself as a drag queen, CHRISTOPHER RAND I say I dont sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I dont sleep with happily married men. BRITT EKLAND You cant be in a position where you dont know what you are going to do next. ERIC GREEN Dont keep your heart safe.. be vulnerable JOHN MAYER With so many people in the world i am confident in saying, if you connect with someone on a soul lev... NIKKI ROWE We dont know what were going to go home to, ... If we dont have anything anymore, Im not sure I want... IAN WILLIAMSON You are a delicate as a flower, One little thing can break you, so dont let anything come in the way... DANIELLE D Life is just a bowl of cherries, dont take it serious, its mysterious. Life is just a bowl of cherri... BOB FOSSE Dont change urself to make someone yours.Be as u are that will deal with yourself. SHUBHAM CHAVAN In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem ... GERALD R. FORD was a conditional offer So we dont deal with that. HARRY THOMAS When life gives you lemons, say Fuck that i order apples. Dont take anything but apples. CHRIS MACHADO Life gives us lessons to learn and if we dont learn those lessons we will keep going round in circle... GARY F EVANS... As We Say Life Is A Mystery,Then Dont Chase It,Just Live It. KIM CHOWDHURY If we dont error then how are we gonna know what needs to be repaired.If we dont get angry then how ... MICHAEL STRONG It does not matter if u dont sleep often, what matters most is knowing how to use your time precisel... BILAL ELKHATIB When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like... CAROL CHANNING If you don 't have explanation of what's happening around the world... I think somebody else knows p... DEYTH BANGER If you can control a mans thinking, you dont have to worry about his actions. If you can determine w... CARTER WOODSON The diffrence in man kind is you do or dont. JAYDON Its very beautiful over there. I dont know where there is, but I believe its somewhere, and I hope i... THOMAS EDISON GUERRERO BARBOSA Sometimes you dont even want to think aout what people are doing with their groceries. SARAH DESSEN I dont know what happens to country. CORMAC MCCARTHY Oh..please dont eat me, I have a wife and three kids...eat them! HOMER SIMPSON Things happen to you they happen. They dont ask first. They dont require your permission. CORMAC MCCARTHY Most of us dont become what we can be because we cant see its what we already are. CARL HAMMERSCHLAG Dont GiVe UP iF U StIll WaNna TrY* DonT WIpE YOUR TeARS IF YOU StiLL WANT TO Cry DON'T SET... TRENT REZNOR If you find out that people that once were in your life are evil you dont take matters into your own... GARY F EVANS... People dont care what you know until they know what you care JOHN C. MAXWELL Arab children, Corn ears of the future, You will break our chains, Kill the opium in ... نزار قباني Don't lie to yourself? SONYA.E.WILLIAMS I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Winner dont do different but they do differently SHIV KHERA it doesnt matter how slow you go, as long as you dont stop ELIN The trouble with people is not that they dont know but that they know so much that aint so. JOSH BILLINGS Life is a one time opportunity, DONT waste it.
Because once its gone its not coming back. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS Be your own kind dont go around and chase others and do what they do. NADIRA AHMED Nothing gets easy. It is just that you understand how it is and how it works. Nothing its difficult ... DE PHILOSOPHER DJ KYOS I dont know that happened. DAVID BERNSTEIN Instead of dwelling and being upset over something you dont have, appreciate and accept what you do ... BRANDON HOFER What you don’t understand you cannot treasure SUNDAY ADELAJA Grey, just breathe. I love you. Unless you can tell me, without lying, that you dont love me back, ... JASINDA WILDER YOU ARE TOLD TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF, BUT I SAY LOVE THEM MORE THAN YOU LOVE YOURSELF FOR... STEPHEN .R. ANYAEGBU Twenty to twenty-five! These are the years! Dont be content with things as they are. Dont take No fo... SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Dont wait 'cause right now is the oldest you've ever been &a... SUZANNE COLLINS Winners dont do different things,they do things differently SHIV KHERA O yes youwl want to think on that you dont want your mouf to walk you where your feet dont want to g... RUSSELL HOBAN I dont think he's as strong as McCline, ... I understand he comes to fight and throws a lot of punch... CALVIN BROCK This country has been strip-mined by rich and powerful interests. If you dont like what they're doin... RALPH NADER Well, Son, I tell you, life for me aint been no crystal stair. Its been hard and bare and rough p... LANGSTON HUGHES Hey, techer leave those kids alone!.....We dont need no education......we dont need no thought contr... PINK FLOYD La valeur d'un homme n'est pas dans la manière dont il tombe, mais dont il se relève ! JEPH LOEB What people dont know about you people create. Imagination is a part of being human. They fill in th... R.M. ENGELHARDT (TALON) Sometimes the best experiences are days when you u dont do anything... EULLYS "JEWELZ" HINNANT III Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If ... SAM RAYBURN I dont really think its all that settled yet, ... Weve got a good group of guys, though. Im sure eve... AARON KATZ I dont think he's as strong as McCline, ... I understand he comes to fight and throws a lot of punch... CALVIN BROCK I dont understand flirting. ANUSHKA SHARMA Winners dont do different things They do things differently SHIV KERA Its much more easier to know just one thing about everything in this universe than to know everythin... OJAS VISHWAKARMA Dont know why am different from other people, but i surely know that i think of the long run, i dont... OLASOT People dont see you for what you think, they see you for what you say SIMPLETON i dont like when people say you know when they are in the middle of telling you something to me it g... DALLY SALAD Ever feel like everything is just moving to fast,and you just dont know how to keep up NADIRA AHMED You cant find outside what you dont have inside. CARL HAMMERSCHLAG When you get to September and the weather starts to cool down, there are fewer mosquitoes. You dont ... ALFRED DEMARIA Life is all about what's happening now, dont wait for tomorrow- Keep it simple - MB BHARATH MAMIDOJU life is to short dont mess it up VITA NEDERLOE no one knows why we are put on this earth i dont think any of them are true i dont even know why we ... DALLY SALAD its a metephor, see: you put the killing thing right between your teeth but you dont give it the pow... JOHN GREEN Just when we were wondering why women dont get to become undertakers we noticed its the maneuverings... JOSEPH ANNANG SOWAH Some people are like satellite. They can be in the middle of nowhere and still will strike messages ... RAJIV - VRD DONT SAY ELECTION IT IS ILL-ACTION. PANDIT MUSTAFA ARIF I dont have a crush on anyone easily. ANUSHKA SHARMA dont break hearts, just bones JERAMEE PLOOG Dont copy looks create them NADIRA AHMED Rocker dudes dont have swagger DEMI LOVATO There are a lot of bleeding hearts around who just dont like to see people with helmets and guns. Al... PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU They don't kill you unless you light them," he said as Mom arrived at the curb. "And I've never lit ... JOHN GREEN Our greatest fear as individuals & as a church should not be of failure, but of suceeding at thi... FRANCIS CHAN I dont have a girlfriend, I have a dog. BLINK 182 Why dont we get drunk and screw? JIMMY BUFFETT La façon dont tu traites les autres est un reflet direct de la façon dont tu te sens envers toi-m�... PAULOT COELHO Dont keep sweeping your troubles under the rug for someday you'll trip over it. TAYLOR WAPAHA I Dont Believe that Anybody Feels the Way I Do about You now. OASIS
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