Helen Gurley Brown Quotes
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My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.
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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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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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It's unrealistic to think you can only have one good product. People are not that poor. They can buy what they want.
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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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You know you can't hope yourself a better life - you must take yourself there.
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You can have your titular recognition. I'll take the money and the power.
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If I had to choose between sex and food, I would choose food, but I'd choose sex over nearly everything else.