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I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.

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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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Fortune
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When success comes in the door, it seems, love often goes out the window.
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No matter how lovesick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along!
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Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible.
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The need to connect with one another intimately is what makes and keeps us human. The challenge throughout life is to find the courage to reach out to potential partners when our primary relationship ends and to recharge our tried-and-true unions when their sizzle starts to fizzle.
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When you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner.
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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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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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Feeling gratitude isn't born in us-it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.
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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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Strong families use the word we a lot, but I is never forgotten. Family members know they have the freedom to go off on their own, even if the direction is one that we have never followed before. The family message is, We're behind you, so you can be you.
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The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know it judges us by what we have.
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No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you’d be more productive.
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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to what he says. . . . When he finishes talking, ask him about any points that you do not understand.
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The only people who don't make mistakes are the people who don't do anything.
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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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