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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
Joyce Bauer
Joyce Diane Brothers
Children
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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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Before your dreams can come true, you have to have those dreams.
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As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care.
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When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.
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Real intimacy depends on truth - lovingly told - especially in the bedroom.
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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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The best proof of love is trust.
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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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No matter how lovesick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along!
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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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Women do not dress specifically for men or against other women. They dress for their subconscious.
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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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Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.
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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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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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Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible.
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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
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Whatever a man thinks about sex, you can be sure that he thinks about sex almost constantly.
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The only people who don't make mistakes are the people who don't do anything.
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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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