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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
School
Reform
Marriage

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Keep skid chains on your tongue. Say less than you think. Cultivate a pleasant voice. How you say it is often more important than what you say.
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You're all you've got.
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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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Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.
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A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it.
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Don't indulge in gossip. ... People who throw mudballs always manage to end up getting a little on themselves.
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Children have an uncanny way of living up - or down - to what is expected of them.
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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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Problems are inevitable. Misery is a choice.
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