If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENReligion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you’ve got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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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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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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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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Some People are more turned on by money than they are by love. In one respect they’re alike. They’re both wonderful as long as they last.
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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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You could move.’ —“Dear Abby” responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.
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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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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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How should they answer?
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