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Now I am in my eighties, and I have known the joys and sorrows of a full life. Age, however, has its privileges. One is to reminisce, and another is to reminisce selectively.

Rose Kennedy

Sedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none.
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Expression Mindset People Reflection
I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.
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Break Children Myself Risk Spirit
As motherhood is the greatest and most natural God-given gift for women for posterity, it would seem that the birth and rearing of children, in the way which to us seems most ideal, would be the most satisfying and the most rewarding career for a woman.
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Born Career Greatness Ideal Mom Reward Woman
Prosperity tries the fortunate; adversity the great.
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Fortune Greatness Inspirational Prosperity
It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.
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Healing Mindset Pain Sanity Science Time Wound
In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.
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Destiny Happiness Life Myself Reading Rule
Any woman who still thinks marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition is only proving that she doesn’t understand either men or percentages.
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Marriage Thinking Understand Woman
I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts – spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back – length of life.
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Beauty Children Friendship Gift God Inspirational Intelligence Life Myself Philosophy Respect Spirit
Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.
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Deep Life Moments
My father had extravagant notions of my beauty, grace, wit, and charm.
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Beautiful Father Grace Myself
I’m like old wine. They don’t bring me out very often – but I’m well preserved.
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Myself Old Wine Worth
I have had quite an interesting life. My husband was quite successful in the movies, and we went out frequently with Gloria Swanson and other stars.
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Husband Life Myself Quite Success Travel
There’s nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
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Argument Bad Myself View
My husband changed jobs so fast that I simply never knew what business he was in.
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Business Change Husband Job Myself Simplicity
I don’t think you’re much good, unless you’re doing good to someone.
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Goodness Myself Thinking
It’s wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.
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Children Parents Wrong

Now I am in my eighties, and I have known the joys and sorrows of a full life. Age, however, has its privileges. One is to reminisce, and another is to reminisce selectively.

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Now I am in my eighties, and I have known the joys and sorrows of a full life. Age, however, has its privileges. One is to reminisce, and another is to reminisce selectively.

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