Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
ERMA BOMBECKDon’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.
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I was trampled to death by a man who believed his luggage would be the first piece off. If he were an experienced traveler, he would know that the first piece of luggage belongs to no one. It’s just a dummy suitcase to give everyone hope.
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It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
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I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.
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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try to please us, and how miserable they feel when they think they have failed.
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He who laughs lasts.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
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Children make your life important.
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Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.
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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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Success is outliving your failures.
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If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished ever moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
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