We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.
Quoted by Mignon McLaughlin
Most of us would rather risk a catastrophe than read the instructions.
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Others follow patterns; we alone are unpredictable.
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The past is strapped to our backs. We do not have to see it; we can always feel it.
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A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.
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Few of us write great novels; all of us live them.
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Few of us could bear to have ourselves for neighbors.
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Forget about calories - everything makes thin people thinner, and fat people fatter.
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Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.
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Life marks us all down, so it's just as well that we start out by overpricing ourselves.
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Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards.
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To smoke or not to smoke: I can make of either a life work.
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We would all like a reputation for generosity and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
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A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.
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Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.
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No one ever loved anyone the way that person wanted to be loved.
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The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.
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It's wonderful to watch a pretty woman with character grow beautiful.
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When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting we have just had one.
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As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it.
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