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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.

Erma Bombeck

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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Death Game Himself Legal Man
Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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Home Result Stop Work
Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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Determination Difference Fame Greatness Success
Success is outliving your failures.
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Failure Growth Inspirational Live One Liner Success
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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End God Hope Inspirational Life Motivational Myself Success Talent
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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Clothes Live Luck Myself Society
Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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Courage Humor Inspirational Laughter Need Reward Tragedy Yourself
When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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Food Funny Path Tough
One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
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Children Expectation Funny Life Oneself Sarcastic
Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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Act Children Forgiveness Love
Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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Food Improvement Time
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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Fun Funny Mother Water Wrong
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
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Bed Boredom Family Mom Myself
Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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Children Funny Parents Reward Survive
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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Age Eye Kind Memories Old Perspective Thinking
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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Courage Dream Kindness Yourself

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