"A philosopher is a person who doesn't care which side his bread is buttered on; he knows he eats both sides anyway."
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"Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling."
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"The only people who don't make mistakes are the people who don't do anything."
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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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"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 best of all possible marriages is a seesaw in which first one, then the other partner is dominant."
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"Some men are self-made, but most are the revised work of a wife and children."
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"Don't fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all."
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"Feeling gratitude isn't born in us-it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children."
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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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"Those who are the most happy appear to know it the least; happiness is something that for the most part seems to mainly consist in not knowing it."
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"Women who are confident of their abilities are more likely to succeed than those who lack confidence, even though the latter may be much more competent and talented and industrious."
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"I have emerged from the tunnel of grief into the light. Life is better. Not the same, but good and getting better all the time."
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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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"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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"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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"Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all."
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"Hunches are a kind of subterranean logic shorthand."
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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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"When you forgive, you gain strength and come out a winner."
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