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Climb aboard life's elevator, hit the up button, and see where it takes you.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Life
Elevator
Elevators
Button
Buttons
Climb
Climbs
Takes
Women
Aboard

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You must give and receive love only when doing so doesn't hurt others. That's the ethical path, and you should gain strength from walking it.
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When you're a single parent, you're often lonely, yet seldom alone. There is no backup ... It is mothering without a net.
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Healthy boundaries are important, but you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do.
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Do not make your current partner pay for the crimes and misdemeanors of your previous partners.
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Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.
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Your job in life is to look after yourself and to find ways to get what you need - emotionally and otherwise - so that you live your best possible life, without being mired in anger and hurt over the past.
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There is true freedom in letting go.
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One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do.
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Bullies never want to acknowledge their own actions. They want to move through life without reflection or apology.
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Have you ever noticed how bored people are also boring?
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You need to start behaving like the person you want to attract.
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Needy and boring parents tend to have needy and bored children.
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The ability to break a loved one's heart is the essential contradiction in human relationships.
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In the name of friendship you should make sure your door is always open to listen. Don't feel you need to provide unsolicited possible solutions, answers or even ideas. Listening without judgment and offering assistance when asked should be enough. That's friendship's high calling.
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I believe that everyone deserves love, and sometimes looking outside your own culture is a good way to find it.
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