1Oprah Winfrey
Country Living "I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon."
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2Mark Twain
Country Living "The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's."
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3Charles M. Schulz
Country Living "All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog."
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4Oprah Winfrey
Country Living "Over the years I have felt the truest, purest love—the love of God, really, I imagine that's what God's love feels like—is the love that comes from your dog."
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5Roger Caras
Country Living "If you don't own a dog, at least one, there may not necessarily be anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life."
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6Jonathan Swift
Country Living "Every dog must have his day."
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7John Grogan
Country Living "Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day."
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8W. Bruce Cameron
Country Living "You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him."
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9George Carlin
Country Living "What do dogs do on their day off? Can't lie around—that's their job."
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10Will Rogers
Country Living "If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."
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11Milan Kundera
Country Living "Dogs are our link to paradise."
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12Gabriel Zevin
Country Living "Did you know that there are over 300 words for love in canine?"
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13Konrad Lorenz
Country Living "There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog."
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14Gilda Radner
Country Living "I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive."
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15 Elayne Boosler
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater "My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty."
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16Dean Koontz
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater "Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished."
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17Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater "Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really."
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18Robert Falcon Scott
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater "The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment."
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19Christopher Morley
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater "No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does."
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20Louis Sabin
Design: Emily Schiff-Slater "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich."
Ashley Leath is the Copy/Research Editor for Country Living and Veranda magazines. She also organizes the Country Living Front Porch Book Club and Veranda Sip & Read Book Club.
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