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Some men are self-made, but most are the revised work of a wife and children.

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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 only people who don't make mistakes are the people who don't do anything.
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When success comes in the door, it seems, love often goes out the window.
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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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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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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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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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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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When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
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I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.
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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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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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Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.
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My husband and I have never considered divorce... murder sometimes, but never divorce.
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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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Men have two basic needs. Neither of them, no matter what they say, is sex. They need love and they need work. And work takes priority over love. If a woman could know only one fact about men and work, it should be that work is the most seductive mistress most men ever have.
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The best proof of love is trust.
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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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Nothing brings families together faster than forgiveness. That should make it Step No. 1, but most of us find forgiving hard. We associate it with weakness and losing when, actually, the reverse is true. When you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner. You break free of control by the other person's actions.
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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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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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