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"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent.“
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"What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy."
-Pete Fountain
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"I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did."
-Nas
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"That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse."
-J. M. Barrie
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"On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land, there would be no jealousy between them on England's account."
-Henry Lawson
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"Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't."
-Jonathan Raban
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"When I see a good singer, I get teary-eyed. Part of it is jealousy because all comedians are frustrated rock stars. That's a fact."
-Jeff Ross
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