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The cliche thought experiment for this is children. Parents love many children at once, and their love for one does not take away from their love for others. They are different people, and so the affection felt for them is simply different, not necessarily less or more.
I agree with Ustwo, though, in the sense that there are generally favorites. That's okay. That doesn't mean you don't love the other person, it just means that there is something about the first that makes you more drawn to them.
Even more importantly, even love with one person goes through various stages. The butterflies-in-your-stomach feeling of new love is certainly not the same as the intense comfort and affection of a love that has developed over time. This is what often causes monogamous relationships to run into trouble, because someone gets that butterflies feeling with a different person and so they think that they must not love their current partner anymore. It's just different, and it's perfectly valid to have both feelings at once with two different people.
(Of course, the caveat to all this is that any sort of acceptance of these facts within real life relationships requires open minds and open communication.)
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