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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENWhile forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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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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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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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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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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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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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “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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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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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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