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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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If you want your children to listen, try talking softly - to someone else.
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Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.
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Remember, it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking.
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It's one of the ironies of human nature that the most sensitive people are generally insensitive to the feelings of others.
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The real question is why are millions of people so unhappy, so bored, so unfulfilled, that they are willing to drink, snort, inject or inhale any substance that might blot out reality and give them a bit of temporary relief.
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Make somebody happy today, and mind your own business
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Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.
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Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you've always wanted to do but couldn't find the time.
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My personal recipe for success is- Do what you love and don't look at the clock.
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People have one year after the wedding to send a gift. Thank-you notes must be written immediately. If you don't receive an acknowledgment within three months, phone and ask if it was received. If the bride and groom are embarrassed, fine. They deserve to be.
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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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Maturity is perseverance-the ability to sweat out a project or a situation, in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks, and stick with it until it is finished.
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