You are what you are when nobody is looking.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENThe purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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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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How should they answer?
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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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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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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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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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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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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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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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