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• Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
  -- H. Jackson Browne, P. S. I Love You...
• Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
  -- H. Jackson Browne, P. S. I Love You...
• It is always preferable to visit home with a friend.
  Your parents will not be pleased with this plan, because they want you all to themselves and because in the presence of your friend, they will have to act like mature human beings....
• P.S. It is my observation that too many of us are spending money we haven't earned to buy things we don't need to impress people we don't like.
  -- H. Jackson Brown's mom (from P. S. I Love You)...
• Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you've got. -- H. Jackson Brow
• Take time to be friendly - it is the road to happiness.
• Marge: You don't have to join a freak show just because the opportunity came along.
  Homer: You know, Marge, in some ways you and I are very different people. Homerpalooza...
• You are uneasy; you never sailed with me before, I see.
  -- Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) -- Life of Jackson (Parton), Vol. iii, p. 493...
• After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul
  And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't mean security, And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises, And you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes open, with the grace of an adult, not the grief of a child, And you learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans....