Amy Dickinson Quotes

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• We are not our best intentions. We are what we do.

  Amy Dickinson

  Intention, Best Intentions

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• You cannot beat the clock. My advice is to grab your moments of grace and enjoy them while they last.

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  Women, Advice, Grace

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• People don't change when they don't acknowledge their actions.

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  Women, People, Action

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• One downside of being an optimist is that optimistic people tend to forget yesterday's trauma in the belief that everything will turn out well. This can keep people in bad relationships because they genuinely believe that things will always improve.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Believe, Optimistic

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• This is a tough situation. But it is what it is, and time has an amazing way of knitting together solutions as long as everybody stays calm and resolves to be as gentle and patient as possible.

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  Women, Knitting, Long

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• When you are criticizing someone, you should speak only to your own experience - not others'.

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  Women, Speak, Should

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• Do not make your current partner pay for the crimes and misdemeanors of your previous partners.

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  Women, Pay, Crime

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• In the name of friendship you should make sure your door is always open to listen. Don't feel you need to provide unsolicited possible solutions, answers or even ideas. Listening without judgment and offering assistance when asked should be enough. That's friendship's high calling.

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  Women, Offering, Doors

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• Sometimes the way through someone's tough outer shell is to do something obvious, thoughtful and sweet.

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  Sweet, Women, Thoughtful

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• Bullies often act out by marshaling aggression to cover up for insecurity.

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  Women, Bully, Insecurity

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• All promises are empty - until they are fulfilled.

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  Women, Promise, Empty

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• Your job in life is to look after yourself and to find ways to get what you need - emotionally and otherwise - so that you live your best possible life, without being mired in anger and hurt over the past.

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  Hurt, Jobs, Women

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• Bullies never want to acknowledge their own actions. They want to move through life without reflection or apology.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Moving, Apology

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• Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Self, Advice

  Interview with Patrick B. Anderson, lacrossetribune.com. March 30, 2012.

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• When someone repeatedly insists that something isn't true, it increases the likelihood that it is.

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  Women, Increase, Likelihood

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• "Don't be stupid!" is excellent advice.

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  Women, Stupid, Advice

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• There is nothing more painful than being rejected simply for being who you are.

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  Women, Painful, Rejected

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• Boredom has an important function, because pushing through it can unleash creativity.

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  Women, Creativity, Pushing Through

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• Attraction happens when you feel important, valued, appreciated and wanted.

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  Women, Important, Appreciated

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• When you are wondering whether to say something negative about someone - even if it is true - the best rule to follow is, "I'll think about doing this tomorrow."

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  Women, Thinking, Negative

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• Friendships can survive after massive disappointment, but only if both parties are honest with one another.

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  Disappointment, Women, Party

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• Friends tell each other the truth, and then friends stick around for the aftermath.

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  Women, Aftermath, Sticks

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• Friends tell the truth to one another. Friends don't slam the door to correction or reflection when it is offered with affection.

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  Friends, Reflection, Doors

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• Love is an irrational force, making humans do all sorts of strange and wonderful things like write poetry and take up the ukulele.

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  Women, Writing, Love Is

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• If you feel guilty about not "playing nice," then you could easily alleviate your guilt by playing nice.

  Amy Dickinson

  Nice, Women, Guilt

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