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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIf you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
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Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don’t live up to the expectations we have of them.
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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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It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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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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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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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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Wisdom doesn’t automatically come with old age. Nothing does – except wrinkles. It’s true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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