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Weddings and funerals are when you figure out who your real friends are.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
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Freeville
New York
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Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.
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If you miss one moment of enjoying your own life and relationships because you're trying to punish someone else, the bad guy wins.
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Boredom has an important function, because pushing through it can unleash creativity.
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Absence really can make the heart grow fonder, even when the [man's] feet wander.
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In life, you don't get instant satisfaction. In life, you get to slog. You work. You grow. You take the long view. You fill the void with self-actualization.
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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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You cannot beat the clock. My advice is to grab your moments of grace and enjoy them while they last.
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Attraction happens when you feel important, valued, appreciated and wanted.
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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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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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