If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIt is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can’t speak for my twin sister.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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 are what you are when nobody is looking.
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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana – if it’s prescribed by a physician.
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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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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 purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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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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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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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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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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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.
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How should they answer?
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