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• For some reason, we see divorce as a signal of failure, despite the fact that each of us has a right, and an obligation, to rectify any other mistake we make in life.

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  Mistake, Divorce, Facts

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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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  Real, Commitment, Love Is

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• Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to what he says. . . . When he finishes talking, ask him about any points that you do not understand.

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  Talking, Thought Provoking, Listening

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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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  Firsts, Partners, Seesaw

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• Hunches are a kind of subterranean logic shorthand.

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  Intuition, Logic, Kind

  Joyce Brothers (1985). “How to get whatever you want out of life”

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• I don't believe in luck. We make our own good fortune.

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  Believe, Luck, Fortune

  Joyce Brothers (1985). “How to get whatever you want out of life”

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• The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie to women. Women lie to men. And most people agree that some lying is even necessary - to avoid petty squabbles and to grease the wheels of a relationship.

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  Lying, Heart, Men

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• Those who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, making it, or success.

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  Money, Attitude, Cheerful

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• Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

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  Witty, Hurt, Simple

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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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  Grief, Light Life, Tunnels

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• A person's self-concept is the core of his personality.

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  Self, Personality, Human Behavior

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• If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider.

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  Ambition, Commitment, Energy

  "It's All About You: Live the Life You Crave". Book by Mary Goulet and Heather Reider, 2007.

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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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  People, Trying, Breakfast

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• The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have.

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  Judging, Doe, World

  "On Being Blonde: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Most Infamous Blondes" by Paula Munier, (p. 70), 2004.

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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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  Children, Men, Adults

  Joyce Brothers (1981). “What Every Woman Should Know About Men”, Simon & Schuster

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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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  Thinking, Giving, Sailing

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• There is such a thing as bad publicity.

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  Publicity

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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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  Sex, Men, Two

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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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  Inspirational, May, Succeed

  Joyce Brothers (1985). “How to get whatever you want out of life”

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• It is a man's world at the top, at the bottom, and in between. Men are in the catbird seat as far as income, opportunity, status, and power are concerned. This is the way it always has been and, as far as men are concerned, it is the way it always should be.

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  Opportunity, Men, World

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• For men to be virgins, we think it's negative. We think that there's something wrong with them.

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  Men, Thinking, Negative

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• Men are not conditioned to be less powerful than a woman. It will be the wise woman who realizes this and is sensitive to that issue.

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  Wise, Powerful, Men

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• Women do not dress specifically for men or against other women. They dress for their subconscious.

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  Men, Dresses, Subconscious

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• I've enjoyed the pleasures of working since I was 12 and earned all my own spending money since I was 14.

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  Pleasure, Spending, My Own

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• I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind around it at all.

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  Mind, Moments, Building

  "Dr. Joyce Brothers: Coping with tragedy". Live chat, www.cnn.com. December 10, 2001.

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