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You can't make people like you under the best of circumstances, and you certainly can't make them like you while you're actively badgering them on what you perceive to be their failures of conscience.
Carolyn Hax
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Carolyn Hax
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: December 5
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Carolyn Hanley Hax
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