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There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.

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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
Joyce Bauer
Joyce Diane Brothers
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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 person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.
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If you change nothing, nothing changes.
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Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible.
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For men to be virgins, we think it's negative. We think that there's something wrong with them.
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When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
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The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie to women. Women lie to men. And most people agree that some lying is even necessary - to avoid petty squabbles and to grease the wheels of a relationship.
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Don't always try to be popular. It isn't possible for everyone to like you. It's far more important for you to like yourself. And when you respect yourself, strangely, you get more respect than when you court it from others.
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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
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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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Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to persevere in the face of many difficult odds. There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.
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There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well.
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The simple but observable fact is that the more you love, the more you are able to love.
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Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty stomach. And forget power breakfasts. There is no convincing anyone of anything before 10 A.M.
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When you come right down to it, the secret to having it all is loving it all.
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When success comes in the door, it seems, love often goes out the window.
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