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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
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Sioux City
Iowa
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Esther Pauline Friedman
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Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
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The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.
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When a person begins to yell during an argument, it is a tip-off that he is unsure of himself.
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Anyone who believes the competitive spirit in America is dead has never been in a supermarket when the cashier opens another check-out line.
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Don't give up. Keep going. there is always a chance that you stumble onto something terrific. I have never heard of anyone stumbling over anything while he was sitting down
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People of integrity expect to be believed. They also know time will prove them right and are willing to wait.
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Find comfort in the knowledge that no imitator ever comes off as well as the original.
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All marriages are happy, it's living together afterward that's tough.
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A successful marriage is not a gift it is an achievement.
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The adult who is constantly changing friends and changing mates is immature. He/she cannot stick it out because he/she has not grown up.
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If you want to catch trout, don't fish in a herring barrel.
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Nobody says you must laugh, but a sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the day.
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Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.
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Women's magazines continue to print 'helpful' articles on How to Hang on to Your Husband while thousands of wives write to me and complain that 'hanging is too good for 'em.
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Some men have no idea how to romance a woman. However, women who teach their husbands what they like will be well-rewarded.
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Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say “I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.” Then repeat to yourself the most comforting of all words , “This too shall pass.”
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Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.
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People, like water, seek their own level.
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All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.
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Maturity is the ability to harness your abilities and your energies and do more than is expected. The mature person refuses to settle for mediocrity. He/she would rather aim high and miss the mark than low-and make it.
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