Ann Landers Quotes
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Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
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No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence.
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Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.
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One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.
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Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.
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Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.
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The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.
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Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
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Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.
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Class is real. It can't be faked.
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Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.
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I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.
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Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.
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Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
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Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.
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Class can 'walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.' Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.
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Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
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Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.
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The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.
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You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat.
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All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.
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Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.
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The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.