Bob Dylan
Singer-songwriter
"Life has its ups and downs, and time has to be your partner. Really, time is your soul mate."
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Mates
76 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Leo Tolstoy
Novelist, Philosopher
"Love does not exist. There exists the physical need for intercourse, and the rational need for a mate in life"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Novelist
"All things come to him who mates."
Bryan Brown
Actor
"I simply went down there to catch up with an old mate of mine, who owns the place. He's the one who wrote the book on the place, but no, no movie, just a beer."
Russell Crowe
Actor
"I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it."
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"If ice can burn, then love and hate can mate."
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"I would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate."
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"The elephant, the huge old beast, is slow to mate"
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"It's not a contest, and I ain't on no conquest for no mate."
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"Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs."
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"It really is considered one of the blessings of previous mates which you could manage being silly with them."
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"Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man."
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"Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle."
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"I guess Judd (Apatow) is my soul mate because we have a lot of hard times, and it's great at times, too."
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"Before you go,mate,turn on the telly. Something raunchy too. Think I'll rub off one before I go to sleep"
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