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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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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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Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.
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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 simple but observable fact is that the more you love, the more you are able to love.
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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'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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Music is stored in our long-term memory. When we learn something through music, we tend to remember it longer and believe it more deeply. Dr. Joyce Brothers
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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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Real intimacy depends on truth - lovingly told - especially in the bedroom.
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A woman should never underestimate the power of the child in the man. Sometimes the child seems to be in the driver's seat at the very moment when all a man's adult judgment and insight is needed.
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Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible.
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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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Men are not conditioned to be less powerful than a woman. It will be the wise woman who realizes this and is sensitive to that issue.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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