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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.

Abigail Van Buren

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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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If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
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It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.
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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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If you don't value what you have, you're sure to lose it.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
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It's true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you've got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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Some People are more turned on by money than they are by love. In one respect they're alike. They're both wonderful as long as they last.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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How should they answer?
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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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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent. It's cruel, it's brutal, it's inhumane, and most people don't want it.
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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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You could move.' ---Dear Abby responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.
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If you are looking for a kindly, well-to-do older gentleman who is no longer interested in sex, take out an ad in The Wall Street Journal.
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