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The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.
Ann Landers
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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
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
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If you want your children to listen, try talking softly - to someone else.
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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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Some things get better with age, but after a certain point, the mind isn't among them.
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I was naive, but I certainly was not duplicitous.
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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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