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I Married a Communist
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"I Married a Communist" Quotes

A man's life unravels as he becomes entangled in the destructive web of his wife's communist beliefs.

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The only thing you've got going for you in this world is that you're a man. Nobody gives a damn about a woman.

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genderinequality

Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.

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lifeaspirations

A man's life is like a black-and-white film. You don't see the colors until it's over.

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lifeperspective

The lies we tell ourselves about our own lives are the most damaging.

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self-deceptiontruth

The past isn't dead and buried. In fact, it's not even past.

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pastmemory

Fear is the fundamental emotion. But just because fear is the foundation, that doesn't mean you have to build on it.

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fearcourage

The world is full of people with opinions. What counts is knowledge.

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knowledgeopinions

To live a life of peace, you have to find a way to accept what can't be changed.

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peaceacceptance

We all create fictions to live by. The only difference is that some people know they're creating fictions.

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fictionself-awareness

The truth is never as simple as we'd like it to be.

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truthcomplexity