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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

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Joyce Brothers
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 20
Died: 2013
Died: May 13
Actor
Columnist
Journalist
Psychologist
Television Presenter
Brooklyn
New York
Joyce Diane Bauer
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When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
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Real intimacy depends on truth - lovingly told - especially in the bedroom.
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Some men are self-made, but most are the revised work of a wife and children.
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The best proof of love is trust.
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If a child is given love, he becomes loving ... If he's helped when he needs help, he becomes helpful. And if he has been truly valued at home ... he grows up secure enough to look beyond himself to the welfare of others.
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When you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner.
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Any man who watches more than three consecutive football games on TV in one day can be declared legally dead.
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I've enjoyed the pleasures of working since I was 12 and earned all my own spending money since I was 14.
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