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Joyce Brothers

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

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Joyce Brothers

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

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Joyce Brothers

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

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Joyce Brothers

Feeling gratitude isn't born in us - it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.

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Joyce Brothers

Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling.

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Joyce Brothers

I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped.

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Joyce Brothers

Virginity is such a personal thing. You can't judge anyone on it. A lot of young women feel they want to save themselves for the man who they think they'll love forever.

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Joyce Brothers

The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives.

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Joyce Brothers

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.

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Joyce Brothers

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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Joyce Brothers

Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.

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Joyce Brothers

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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Joyce Brothers

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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Joyce Brothers

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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Joyce Brothers

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.

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Joyce Brothers

As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care.

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Joyce Brothers

There is such a thing as bad publicity.

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Joyce Brothers

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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Joyce Brothers

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

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Joyce Brothers

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.