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Marriage is not a reform school.

Ann Landers

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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Sioux City
Iowa
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
Reform
Marriage
School

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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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Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley.
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One of the characteristics of the young is I want it now.
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Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
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Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.
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Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.
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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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Warmth, kindness, and friendship are the most yearned for commodities in the world. The person who can provide them will never be lonely.
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Inside every seventy-year-old is a thirty-five-year-old asking, 'What happened?
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No one can take advantage of you without your permission.
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Being interested is more important than being interesting.
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In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.
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At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don't care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all.
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Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.
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Never let an opportunity pass to give a well-deserved compliment.
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Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.
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