The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENMaturity 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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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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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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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 purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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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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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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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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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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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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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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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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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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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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