There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
ERMA BOMBECKSeize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.
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It is ludicrous to read the microwave direction on the boxes of food you buy, as each one will have a disclaimer: THIS WILL VARY WITH YOUR MICROWAVE. Loosely translated, this means, You’re on your own, Bernice.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can’t see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.
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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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Cats invented self-esteem.
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Women are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift for the woman who is hidden.
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