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I won't marry for love.

If I had chosen love above all, I would've been alone in my conquest. I would have chosen to grow old with someone who didn't value me as much as I did he. I would have committed to someone who could never completely commit to me. If I had married for love, I would have divorced for hatred.

I will marry for devotion and attentiveness and friendship and compromise and comfort and support, but I won't marry for love.

I will live my life for someone who puts me first in all things. I will marry someone who walk along the ground of the ocean if it meant I could find happiness. I will partner with someone who notices when my voice wavers and prods when I say everything is okay. I will go home at night to someone who celebrates small achievements and takes me in his arms when the world is against me. I will fall asleep next to someone who will keep eye contact with me until my eyes fail to open again.

But I won't marry for love.

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The Pretty One:

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It's okay to be crazy sometimes.

You never give up on the people you love.

Always know your own worth.

Don't take shit from anyone.

Tights are not pants. But leggings might be...

It's always okay to break down once in a while.

There's nothing that can't be solved by a shopping spree

Stay classy, even if you're pissed off.

You never need to act on your emotions.

No matter how rough it gets, it could always be worse.

Be dedicated to your own success.

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“I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has.”

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We pick pretty great friends.

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2. Liz Lemon from "30 Rock"

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6. Carrie Bradshaw from "Sex and The City"

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8. Mindy Lahiri from "The Mindy Project"

9. Lisa Cuddy from "House, M.D."

10. The "Friends" Girls (Monica Geller, Rachel Greene, and Phoebe Buffay) from "Friends"

11. Temperance Brennan from "Bones"

12. Kate Beckett from "Castle"

13. Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles from "Rizzoli and Isles"

14. Olivia Benson from "Law and Order: SVU"

15. Robin Scherbatsky from "How I Met Your Mother"

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