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Grown-up people can wait.

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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
Columnist
Journalist
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Sioux City
Iowa
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
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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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Assume nothing. Inside every dumb blond there may be a very smart brunette.
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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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More divorces start in the bedroom than in any other room in the house.
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Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.
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All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love.
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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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Most of us would be willing to pay as we go if we could just finish paying for where we've been.
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I made up my mind when I was 15 years old that I would never smoke or drink. I have kept that pledge to myself, and it was one of the smartest decisions I ever made.
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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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You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat.
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You're all you've got.
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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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The real trick is to stay alive as long as you live.
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It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.
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Church is not a museum for Saints, but rather a hospital for sinners.
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