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Some men are self-made, but most are the revised work of a wife and children.
Joyce Brothers
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Joyce Brothers
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 20
Died: 2013
Died: May 13
Actor
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Television Presenter
Brooklyn
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If you change nothing, nothing changes.
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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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Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible.
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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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When you come right down to it, the secret to having it all is loving it all.
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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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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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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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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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Any man who watches more than three consecutive football games on TV in one day can be declared legally dead.
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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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I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.
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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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