Kissing power is stronger than will power.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENLove is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don’t live up to the expectations we have of them.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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So yesterday you fell off the wagon? Or maybe you blew your diet? Or lost your temper and shot off your mouth? Well, that was yesterday. Today is a brand-new day with a clean slate, so forget yesterday!
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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you’re supervised or not; finish a job once it’s started; carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent. It’s cruel, it’s brutal, it’s inhumane, and most people don’t want it.
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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you’ve got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can’t speak for my twin sister.
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I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana – if it’s prescribed by a physician.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.
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If you are looking for a kindly, well-to-do older gentleman who is no longer interested in sex, take out an ad in The Wall Street Journal.
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Kids grow up awfully fast these days,”she said. “You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.
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