Amy Dickinson Quotes - Page 3

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• Life is both short and complicated. People sometimes make baffling choices.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, People, Choices

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• I think that, on some level, everybody lives vicariously through couples who are getting married.

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  Couple, Women, Thinking

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• If nothing changes, you will have to put your disappointment in perspective.

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  Disappointment, Women, Perspective

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• If you miss one moment of enjoying your own life and relationships because you're trying to punish someone else, the bad guy wins.

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  Women, Winning, Guy

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• Single parenthood is hard, but it's simple too. You just do everything yourself.

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  Simple, Single Parent, Parenthood

  "The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them". Book by Amy Dickinson, February 3, 2009.

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• Almost any group of three is going to form a triangle, with two points closer to one another.

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  Women, Two, Groups

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• You must give and receive love only when doing so doesn't hurt others. That's the ethical path, and you should gain strength from walking it.

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  Hurt, Women, Giving

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• Have you ever noticed how bored people are also boring?

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  Women, People, Bored

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• Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.

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  Women, People, Family Relationship

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• Being inclusive sometimes means being kind toward people whose views are repugnant. But you should only do so if it is physically and emotionally safe for you.

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  Women, Mean, Views

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• You should not propose marriage until you have resolved your feelings about your ex.

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  Women, Feelings, Should

  "Cheapskate, turkey for the holidays". "Ask Amy" with Amy Dickinson, articles.chicagotribune.com. December 29, 2012.

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• [from a reader] Whenever I feel myself resenting someone, I reach out. I have made good friends that way.

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  Women, Good Friend, Way

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• Couples who have been together for a long time say the key to staying together is to work as a team toward the greater good, tolerating some tough (even tragic) times to grow together and work toward a mature kind of union.

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  Couple, Women, Team

  "Marriage interruptus: Giving up too early". amydickinson.com. August 27, 2013.

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• One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do.

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  Women, Parent, Privilege

  "Woman dreads telling parents she's pregnant". "Ask Amy" with Amy Dickinson, www.chicagotribune.com. October 26, 2014.

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• In life, you don't get instant satisfaction. In life, you get to slog. You work. You grow. You take the long view. You fill the void with self-actualization.

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  Women, Self, Views

  "Marriage interruptus: Giving up too early". amydickinson.com. August 27, 2013.

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• One of the benefits of being divorced is that you no longer need to listen to your ex's assessment of the appropriateness of your actions.

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  Women, Assessment, Needs

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• The fullness of life is incubated in its messy places.

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  Women, Fullness Of Life, Life Is

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• Needy and boring parents tend to have needy and bored children.

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  Children, Women, Bored

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• When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.

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  Women, Vintage, Choices

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• He sounds like someone who might best be loved from a distance.

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  Women, Distance, Sound

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• A threat is a promise followed by a consequence.

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  Women, Promise, Threat

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• Mature people must find their own ways to cope with their own temptations.

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  Women, People, Temptation

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• Absence really can make the heart grow fonder, even when the [man's] feet wander.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Heart, Feet

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• One person gets to decide if something is a problem in a relationship.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Problem, Persons

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• Groveling for connection from someone who compares you to Hitler is not good for a person's self-esteem.

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  Women, Self Esteem, Connections

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