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The pretentiously -- named ensuite bathroom is a major factor in divorce. Privacy is paramount in marriage.



Writers aren't people exactly. Or, if they're any good, they're a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person. It's like actors, who try so pathetically not to look in mirrors. Who lean back ward trying -- only to see their faces in the reflecting chandeliers.



A winner loses more often than losers.



It's the last inch that counts.



Everyone is a self-made person, but only the successful admit it.



Adam blamed Eve, Eve blamed the serpent, and the serpent hadn't a leg to stand on.



Having a sharp tongue will cut your throat



Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.



Flash'd from his bed the electric tidings came, he is no better, he is much the same.



SELF-ESTEEM controls PERFORMANCE/REALITY which stimulate SELF-TALK which reinforces SELF-ESTEEM. This cycle can work positively or negatively and is greatly influenced by the self-talk (I knew I wasn't good at -X vs. next time I'll practice and do better at -X).



The best time to give advice to your children is while they're still young enough to believe you know what you're talking about.



Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.



Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.



There is no point in arguing about matters of taste.



People who wait for changes to occur on the outside before they commit to making changes on the inside will never make any changes at all.