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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENThe less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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How should they answer?
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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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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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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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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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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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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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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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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