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Authors: Ronald Reagan

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M
oney may not buy friends but it will help you to stay in contact with your children.

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s long as there are final exams there will be prayer in schools.

F
lattery is what makes husbands of bachelors.

N
ew credit plan: “Try our easy payment plan, 100% down & nothing to pay.”

C
onscience is that still small voice that tells you what other people should do.

D
on’t mind going to work . . . that long wait til quitting time.

S
ometimes if you have a good idea tell it to someone else for about ¾ hour until he thinks it’s his. Then when he subsequently brings it up express doubt & finally reluctantly agree to sign it or try it on an experimental basis. There is nothing like skepticism to gain support for an idea.

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een a pacemaker with more compassion.

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pks. with all the authority of an empty podium.

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ife cheering up depressed husband: What do you mean nothing to live for—house isn’t pd. for, car isn’t pd. for, washing machine, TV. . .

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ice thing about long range goals—you don’t get frustrated with short range failures.

T
hat dumb blonde in the office may turn out to be a smart brunette.

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lover leaf—something mks. it possible to drive someplace didn’t intend to go.

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