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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
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Joyce Diane Brothers
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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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My husband and I have never considered divorce... murder sometimes, but never divorce.
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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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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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Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.
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I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped.
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Love, real love, is not simply a state of bliss. It is an ever-changing state, the result of time and emotional development, of trust and commitment.
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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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When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
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Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.
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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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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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The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives.
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When success comes in the door, it seems, love often goes out the window.
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In each of us there are places we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.
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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
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I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.
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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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For men to be virgins, we think it's negative. We think that there's something wrong with them.
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If you change nothing, nothing changes.
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