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• I don't look upon my divorces as mistakes. Those marriages were right for the Bess that made that decision at that time.

  Bess Myerson

  Mistake, Decision, Looks

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• 90% of the divorces are initiated by women. That is really odd. Why? What's going on? What's the great discontent at the heart of it?

  Bob Geldof

  Heart, Odd, Discontent

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• It was a long time in the making, my divorce. One day became less special than the next, and pretty soon, we ceased all conversation. It is a sad day when you have nothing left to say.

  Ricki Lake

  Long, Special, One Day

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• Divorce is fairly common these days, and I think many times people disregard the emotional impact that divorce has on a couple and a family, because it happens so frequently.

  Steve Carell

  Couple, Emotional, Thinking

  "‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’: Steve Carell Talks Divorce, Infidelity In New Film". Interview with Sara Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 29, 2011.

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• Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.

  Ariel Gore

  War, Conventional Wisdom, Zone

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• The fact is, I am in my third marriage and I do not believe in divorce. But I was half the problem, I guarantee you. More than half the problem. I couldn't negotiate with the other women.

  James Brolin

  Believe, Guarantees, Half

  "James Brolin on Barbra Streisand: 'I’m Putty In Her Hands'". Interview with Mary Margaret, parade.com. April 28, 2011.

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• I think a lot of people think because I was getting the divorce, that was really the catalyst for gaining so much weight.

  Valerie Bertinelli

  Thinking, People, Weight

  "Valerie Bertinelli comes clean on drugs, infidelity" by Jen Brown and Bob Considine, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.

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• My parents had a difficult divorce.

  Christian Camargo

  Parent, Difficult

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think the key for a child to do well in a divorce is, very simply, you have to be honest with them.

  Dale Archer

  Children, Thinking, Simply You

  "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell", www.cnn.com. July 24, 2009.

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• Divorce in a young-adult novel means what being orphaned meant in a fairy tale: vulnerability, danger, unwanted independence.

  Caitlin Flanagan

  Mean, Independence, Adults

  "What Girls Want" by Caitlin Flanagan, www.theatlantic.com. December, 2008.

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• I come from a very illustrious line of divorces. We love to get divorced in my family. My mother and father have been married four times each - eight ceremonies with the best of intentions.

  Joshua Ferris

  Mother, Father, Eight

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• I didn't want a divorce but had to because of circumstance.

  Sarah Ferguson

  Want, Circumstances

  "Sarah Ferguson: Diana, the Queen and I" by Nancy Collins, www.harpersbazaar.com. May 19, 2011.

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• You can't go through a divorce and then get back together.

  Peter Andre

  Together, Back Together, Get Back

  "Peter Andre interview: Jordan's ex on sex, lies and six packs". The Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. November 11, 2009.

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• Divorce is hard. I was about 29 when my husband and I split up. I think we probably fared better than most, because we were young and didn't have kids - but divorce is hard.

  Connie Britton

  Husband, Kids, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The roles that men and women play are no longer the standard traditional roles of way back when but are those of two very individual people living their lives. I think it's been a hard transition in society - just take a look at the divorce rate - to figure out what that means now. How do you resolve that?

  Lisa Edelstein

  Mean, Men, Thinking

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• What's going to be hard for me is to try to divorce myself as much as possible from what I wrote. I'll have to approach it simply as raw material and try to craft a film script out of it.

  Michael Chabon

  Trying, Raw Materials, Crafts

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• Divorce is, of course, difficult for a child. I didn't go through it as my parents stayed together, but I have a lot of friends who did.

  Elizabeth Hurley

  Children, Parent, Together

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Divorce is one of the key predictors of poverty for a child growing up in a home that's broken.

  Mike Huckabee

  Children, Growing Up, Home

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• Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I've gotten over it.

  Natalie Imbruglia

  Very Sad, Over It

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• From time to time, I'll look back through the personal journals I've scribbled in throughout my life, the keepers of my raw thoughts and emotions. The words poured forth after my dad died, when I went through a divorce, and after I was diagnosed with breast cancer. There are so many what-ifs scribbled on those pages.

  Hoda Kotb

  Dad, Cancer, Looks

  Hoda Kotb, Jane Lorenzini (2014). “Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.

  Gary Paulsen

  Thinking, Car, Adults

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• I don't know, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce so there's a lot of great people out there who people aren't happy with.

  Mark Ruffalo

  Two, People, Ends

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• Divorce is never easy, but it’s even more painful when you find out your husband is having an affair with a beautiful model fifteen years younger than you.

  Alana Stewart

  Beautiful, Husband, Years

  "How I Survived My Divorce From Rod Stewart" by Alana Stewart, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2012.

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• For anyone going through a divorce or any other painful challenge, the first and most important recommendation I can make is to find some kind of spiritual and emotional support.

  Alana Stewart

  Spiritual, Emotional, Support

  "How I Survived My Divorce From Rod Stewart" by Alana Stewart, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2012.

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• Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option; to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship.

  Trisha Yearwood

  Believe, America, Sound

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