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Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

Regina Brett

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Ravenna
Ohio
Doe
Take
Seriously
Attitude
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No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
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Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.
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We've come a long way from having one land line that was forbidden to be answered during dinner. We had no answering machine, just a dad who barked, 'Who calls during dinner? If it's important, they'll call back.' He was right.
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Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
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Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In five years, will this matter?
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