How should they answer?
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIf you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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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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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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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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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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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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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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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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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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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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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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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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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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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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 a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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