It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can’t speak for my twin sister.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENThe lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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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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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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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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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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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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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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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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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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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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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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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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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 your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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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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In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
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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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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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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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