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• They always say, doing what I do for a living, write what you know and then people will respond to it. I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their mom in. All I had to do was write a character that was like my mom, and it made my life easier.

  Dan Fogelman

  Mom, Writing, Character

  Source: collider.com

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• A thing is lovable according as it is good. But God is infinite good. Therefore He is infinitely lovable.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Infinite

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• If you don’t find a way to love a flawed person, secretly you’re teaching yourself that you are not lovable because of your flaws.

  T. D. Jakes

  Teaching, Way, Flaws

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• Weeds are omnipresent; errors are to be found in the heart of the most lovable.

  George Sand

  Weed, Heart, Errors

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• There is more to someone being lovable than the way they look.

  Cassandra Clare

  Looks, Way

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.283, Simon and Schuster

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• You don't have to run around world proving you're lovable.

  Henri Nouwen

  Running, World, Prove

  Source: www.liguorian.org

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• We assume that others are receiving the kind of appreciation we want for ourselves, and we proceed on the assumption that since we are not loveable as we are, we must become lovable under false pretenses, as if we were something better than we are.

  Thomas Merton

  Appreciation, Receiving, Want

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• The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Cat, Pet, Helpful

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• The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.

  Aidan Chambers

  Memorable, People, Most Memorable

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• I'm the leader of the platoon and I run gambling and lotteries, dances and I sell beer illegally. I'm a con man and I'm thoroughly lovable.

  Steve Martin

  Running, Beer, Men

  "Comedians pull rank in 'Sgt. Bilko'" by Paul Vercammen, www.cnn.com. March 29, 1996.

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• It is not the most lovable individuals who stand more in need of love, but the most unlovable

  Ashley Montagu

  Needs, Individual, Most Lovable

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• Deep within us-no matter who we are-there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.

  Fred Rogers

  People, Feelings, Who We Are

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.29, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Most people see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved, rather than that of loving, of one's capacity to love. Hence the problem to them is how to be loved, how to be lovable.

  Erich Fromm

  Capacity To Love, People, Problem

  Erich Fromm (2013). “The Art of Loving”, p.7, Open Road Media

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• You and I shouldn't claim we love Oregon more than anyone else, but that we love Oregon as much as anyone. Our thoughts today, and our deliberations to come, must spring from our determination to keep Oregon lovable and to make it even more livable.

  Tom McCall

  Determination, Spring, Oregon

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• Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on seems. Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Practice, People

  Norman Vincent Peale (2015). “Have a Great Day: Daily Affirmations for Positive Living”, p.17, Open Road Media

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• There's nothing cute or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

  Douglas Coupland

  Funny, Cute, Turns

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• Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.

  Joseph Campbell

  Artist, Perfection, Clumsiness

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• Attachment is misery, but from the very beginning the child is taught for attachment. The mother will say to the child, "Love me; I am your mother." The father will say, "Love me; I am your father" - as if someone is a father or a mother so he becomes automatically lovable.

  Rajneesh

  Mother, Children, Father

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• Agape means love for another self not because of any lovable qualities which he or she may possess, but purely and entirely because it is a self capable of experiencing happiness and misery and endowed with the power to choose between good and evil. The love of humans is thus more than a feeling, it is a state of the will.

  Obert C. Tanner

  Love, Mean, Self

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• Ever since the Beatles, the concept of lovable mop tops, it's a bit of a fantasy, but it's a lovely idea that people make wonderful music and live a wonderful life being friends together. Sadly, life isn't quite like that.

  Nick Mason

  Ideas, People, Lovely

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• Be loving, and you will be lovable. Be open and receptive to love.

  Louise Hay

  Ready For Love, Receptive

  Louise Hay (2011). “21 Days to Master Affirmations”, p.73, Hay House, Inc

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• The perfect human being is uninteresting-the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable.

  Joseph Campbell

  Perfect, World, Humans

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.3, Anchor

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• Meditation is a silent heart, a peaceful mind which can make life more lovable, more livable.

  Rajneesh

  Heart, Meditation, Peaceful

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• And then he says, "The writer must be true to truth." And that's a killer, because the only way you can describe a human being truly is by describing his imperfections. The perfect human being is uninteresting - the Buddha who leaves the world, you know. It is the imperfections of life that are lovable. And when the writer sends a dart of the true word, it hurts. But it goes with love. This is what Mann called "erotic irony," the love for that which you are killing with your cruel, analytical word.

  Joseph Campbell

  Hurt, Writing, Perfect

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.3, Anchor

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• I was taught when I was young that if people would only love one another, all would be well with the world. I found when I tried to put that into practice, not only were other people seldom lovable but I wasn't very lovable myself.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Practice, People, Would Be

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