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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

Abigail Van Buren

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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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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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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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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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O, heavenly Father: we thank thee for food and remember the hungry. We thank thee for health and remember the sick. We thank thee for friends and remember the friendless. We thank thee for freedom and remember the enslaved. May these remembrances stir us to service, That thy gifts to us may be used for others. Amen.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to prove their love like a moose needs a hat rack.
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