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If people thought more, we'd all have less to amuse us.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Thought
Women
People
Amuse
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Friendships can survive after massive disappointment, but only if both parties are honest with one another.
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Needy and boring parents tend to have needy and bored children.
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You should not be hovering in the background, inflating the drama. Simply envelop him in love and affection and let him know that you will support his efforts, whatever they are.
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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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Do not make your current partner pay for the crimes and misdemeanors of your previous partners.
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Weddings and funerals are when you figure out who your real friends are.
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When someone repeatedly insists that something isn't true, it increases the likelihood that it is.
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Couples who have been together for a long time say the key to staying together is to work as a team toward the greater good, tolerating some tough (even tragic) times to grow together and work toward a mature kind of union.
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You cannot beat the clock. My advice is to grab your moments of grace and enjoy them while they last.
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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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Friends tell the truth to one another. Friends don't slam the door to correction or reflection when it is offered with affection.
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Marriage is an intimate relationship between two people. It is a bad idea to involve a third party.
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Being alone is almost always preferable to being with the wrong person.
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The ability to break a loved one's heart is the essential contradiction in human relationships.
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When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.
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Sometimes the way through someone's tough outer shell is to do something obvious, thoughtful and sweet.
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All promises are empty - until they are fulfilled.
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Groveling for connection from someone who compares you to Hitler is not good for a person's self-esteem.
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The fullness of life is incubated in its messy places.
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One of the benefits of being divorced is that you no longer need to listen to your ex's assessment of the appropriateness of your actions.
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