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.
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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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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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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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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So yesterday you fell off the wagon? Or maybe you blew your diet? Or lost your temper and shot off your mouth? Well, that was yesterday. Today is a brand-new day with a clean slate, so forget yesterday!
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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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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If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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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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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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