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 BURENSome 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.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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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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How should they answer?
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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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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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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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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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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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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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 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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