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

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Women
People
Amuse
Less
Thought

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Life is weird. And guess what makes it weird? People.
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We human beings are definitely capable of loving more than one person, but it seems to go more smoothly if we don't love more than one person at a time.
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One person gets to decide if something is a problem in a relationship.
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There is true freedom in letting go.
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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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Groveling for connection from someone who compares you to Hitler is not good for a person's self-esteem.
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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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Healthy boundaries are important, but you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do.
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You cannot tie your fiance to the railroad track of self-reflection and personal improvement.
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People who are combative in one relationship tend to be combative in other relationships.
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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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The ability to break a loved one's heart is the essential contradiction in human relationships.
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If you've got a good book with you, you're never bored (or alone).
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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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Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.
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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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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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Do not make your current partner pay for the crimes and misdemeanors of your previous partners.
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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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