A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENPsychotherapy, 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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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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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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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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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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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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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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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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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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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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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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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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The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.
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