Carolyn Hax (Carolyn Hanley Hax) Quotes
The most reliable ways to make oneself miserable are attempting to change people and not attempting to change circumstances.
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I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.
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There's nothing that compares with the time spent all by myself on a creation that is all my own. I still think of my solo work as my 'home planet' in comics, though I've learned to listen much more to editors and trusted friends for feedback.
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The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.
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I came to Washington with a pledge to be a fiscally conservative.
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In Puritan thinking, the Christian life was a heroic venture, requiring a full quota of energy.
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You get to a certain age and you can't judge yourself on your dad or your parents.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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All three games came down to the last play.
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What do we need a psychiatrist for? We know our kid is nuts.
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Often what is deeply offensive to Chinese-Americans that they are really well-represented in medicine, and yet on all these doctors' shows you hardly see any Chinese-American faces.
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People like me, who care about printing, constitute the tiniest lunatic fringe in the nation.
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You are the single biggest influence in your life.
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Our success depends very largely upon how well we negotiate our way through our daily contacts with other people without friction or opposition.
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Ask Elizabeth is a community of voices, it's not me standing on a podium telling people how to run their lives, it's girls helping each other sharing their wisdom and advice and I create a space for them to do it.
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Friends, genuine friends, are attracted by a warm heart, not money, not power. A genuine friend considers you as just another human being, as a brother or sister, and shows affection on that level, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, or in a high position; that is a genuine friend.
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I think the blood is spilling in Syria and it's mostly Muslims.
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I don't know if you look back on your life and just see successes, but probably the first things that pop up are the regrets.
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We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being.
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By attempting the impossible one can attain the highest level of the possible.
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I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
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The most reliable ways to make oneself miserable are attempting to change people and not attempting to change circumstances.
