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"I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society."
"The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world."
"In terms of my marriage, you know, falling in love with my husband was by far the best thing that's ever happened to me."
"Marriage is the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which one is most likely to find solid happiness."
"I know they say the first love is the sweetest but that first cut is the deepest"
"Heaven give you many, many merry days."
"There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the parents are stronger than children."
"I have heard that whoever loves is in no condition old."
"Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event."
"So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you - and fight alongside you - until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back, all the way."
"Grace and remembrance be to you both."
"If at first you don't succeed, redefine success."
"Love has no age as it is always renewing itself."
"Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late'"
"Oh, thinkin' about all our younger years There was only you and me We were young and wild and free Now nothin' can take you away from me We've been down that road before But that's over now You keep me comin' back for more."
"But to sustain a marriage for 50 years, you have to get real a little bit and find someone who is understanding and who you can grow with. My mom always says, 'Marry the man who loves you a millimeter more'."
"The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band, but now they are really another band, so it's all a bit weird."
"Honor, riches, marriage-blessing Long continuance, and increasing, Hourly joys be still upon you!"
"Ain't nothin' better We beat the odds together I'm glad we didn't listen Look at what we would be missin' They said "I bet they'll never make it" But just look at us holdin' on We're still together still goin' strong"
"Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence."
