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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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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
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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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I was naive, but I certainly was not duplicitous.
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If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.
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