Helen Gurley Brown Quotes
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Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing everyone a disservice by perpetuating the idea that beautiful is better than plain, because having done everything just about that you can do, sparing no expense, and not effort, to become better looking, I know that only so much can be done.
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We are told to value ourselves without feedback, but if nobody is making a pass at you or trying to take you to Bermuda, how are you supposed to feel? Confident?
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Charm is the next best asset after looks and brains - and can almost make up for looks.
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Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.
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I think I'm a fairly average person, I think I have only a medium IQ. I didn't go to college, obviously.
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Now it's somewhat easier for a woman to be a film producer or something like that if she wants, though it's not that easy. But to be any kind of successful woman took a lot of doing in the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s... in the '70s it's getting simpler.
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Feeling insecure is good for you. It forces you to do something better, drives you to use all your talents.
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The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.
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A man likes to sleep with a brainy girl. She’s a challenge. If he makes good with her, he figures he must be good himself.
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you want to write a book for so many reasons ... The main reason ... is because it will make you well-known and beloved and popular and successful and famous and respected. You also write ... to make money, but that motivation is not first on the list.
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People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your closet is so jammed and everything so crushed you can't find anything to wear. Help these friends when they need you; bless the years and happy times when you meant a lot to each other, but try not to have the guilts if new people mean more to you now.
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Talkers expand like bread dough.
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I've just been so lucky. I don't know if you're really able to take advantage of your full potential until you're older. There are a few people who are incredibly gifted and make it when they are very young, but I didn't. With women it takes longer. You just keep working and when you finally get it, it feels very, very nice.
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People never get tired of looking at beautiful pictures of gorgeous girls.
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The only reason a man doesn't call is that he doesn't want to.
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Don't use men to get what you want in life. Get it yourself.
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If you do the best you can, no matter how bad the situation, you probably are going to come out okay.
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Every morning when I'm thrashing around on the floor doing my solid hour of heavy exercises I'm not really doing that for anyone but myself. It makes me feel good.
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I think you keep two sets of books. In one set, you record the truth -- how well you are really doing. This is the secret set -- just for you and loved ones. In the other set are more modest entries and statements, and these are for public consumption!
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I care. I care a lot. I think of Cosmopolitan all day, and I run scared. So it's a combination of fright, caring and anxiety.
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I think a single woman's biggest problem is coping with the people who are trying to marry her off!
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Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.
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There is no better way to get to know someone than to have an affair ... it can save years of lunches.
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There are not that many people who know how to edit. It's a funny tiny little obscure talent but it's very special. You have to have the feeling of popular taste.