The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENKids grow up awfully fast these days,”she said. “You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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 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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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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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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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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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from ‘Dear Abby’ instead of going to Mom and Dad.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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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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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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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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