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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.

Erma Bombeck

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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I was trampled to death by a man who believed his luggage would be the first piece off. If he were an experienced traveler, he would know that the first piece of luggage belongs to no one. It’s just a dummy suitcase to give everyone hope.
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A member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. “What shall we name the other one?” I smiled. She was not amused.
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It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
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I haven’t trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I’ve never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex.
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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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Sometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.
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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
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Friends are “annuals” that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a “perennial” that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There’s a place in the garden for both of them.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?
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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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A grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.
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