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 BURENIt is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can’t speak for my twin sister.
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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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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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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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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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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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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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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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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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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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How should they answer?
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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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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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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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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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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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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