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Being interested is more important than being interesting.

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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
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Esther Pauline Friedman
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There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
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Experience, they say, is the best teacher, but we get the grade first and the lesson later.
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We need not fear life, because God is the Ruler of all and we need not fear death, because He shares immortality with us.
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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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Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an alley.
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More divorces start in the bedroom than in any other room in the house.
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Strong role models and unconditional love can heal even the most emotionally impoverished person, and that goes for adults as well as youngsters.
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No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic.
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I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.
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Pity the poor millionaire. He'll never know the thrill of paying that final installment.
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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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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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No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence.
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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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Friends with benefits? More than friends? Don't sample the goodies unless you're willing to risk addiction and withdrawal.
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Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. Immature people spend their lives exploring endless possibilities and then doing nothing. Action requires courage. Without courage, little is accomplished.
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Maturity is humility. It is being big enough to say, I was wrong. And, when he/she is right, the mature person need not experience the satisfaction of saying, I told you so.
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One trouble with trouble is that it usually starts out like fun.
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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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Assume nothing. Inside every dumb blond there may be a very smart brunette.
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