Amy Dickinson Quotes

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

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, People, Action

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

  Amy Dickinson

  Intention, Best Intentions

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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.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Knitting, Long

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

  Amy Dickinson

  Sweet, Women, Thoughtful

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

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Bully, Insecurity

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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.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Offering, Doors

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• All promises are empty - until they are fulfilled.

  Amy Dickinson

  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.

  Amy Dickinson

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

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Pay, Crime

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

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Speak, Should

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

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Increase, Likelihood

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• If people thought more, we'd all have less to amuse us.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, People, Ifs

  "Ask Amy" with Amy Dickinson, tucson.com. May 10, 2014.

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• Individuals who are uncomfortable with themselves sometimes emit vibes that make others uncomfortable.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Vibes, Sometimes

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

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Painful, Rejected

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

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Stupid, Advice

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• "Nags" nag because they feel they aren't being heard.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Heard, Feels

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• We human beings are definitely capable of loving more than one person, but it seems to go more smoothly if we don't love more than one person at a time.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Humans, Persons

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• Climb aboard life's elevator, hit the "up" button, and see where it takes you.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Buttons, Elevators

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• Marriage is an intimate relationship between two people. It is a bad idea to involve a third party.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Party, Intimate Relationships

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• Life is weird. And guess what makes it weird? People.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, People, Life Is

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• You should not be hovering in the background, inflating the drama. Simply envelop him in love and affection and let him know that you will support his efforts, whatever they are.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Drama, Support

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• [from a reader] I hope she learns to look for the joy in life instead of picking out negatives - it will change her life for the better.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Joy, Looks

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