A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENReligion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you’ve got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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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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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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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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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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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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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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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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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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