Joy Browne Quotes

• Just trying to do something - just being there, showing up - is how we get braver. Self-esteem is about doing.

  Joy Browne

  Inspirational, Women, Self Esteem

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• When in doubt, do the obvious.

  Joy Browne

  Women, Doubt, Obvious

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• Once you become aware of what means the most to you, you're less likely to put off something that's really valuable for something that matters much less... it's knowing the difference between what's important and what isn't that allows us to solve problems effectively.

  Joy Browne

  Mean, Differences, Knowing

  Joy Browne (2003). “Getting Unstuck: 8 Simple Steps to Solving Any Problem”, Hay House Incorporated

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• Getting enough of what you want without depriving anyone else is the ultimate act of selfishness and sanity.

  Joy Browne

  Success, Selfishness, Want

  Joy Browne, M.D. (2010). “The Nine Fantasies That Will Ruin Your Life (and the Eight Realities That Will Save You)”, p.184, Harmony

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• You don't need a reason to divorce someone you can't stand.

  Joy Browne

  Women, Divorce, Needs

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• Adulthood was invented to repair the wounds of childhood.

  Joy Browne

  Women, Childhood, Wounds

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• Superstition is just fantasy with attitude; it's a way of erroneously trying to control events.

  Joy Browne

  Attitude, Trying, Events

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• It is a lot harder to put something back together than to keep it running.

  Joy Browne

  Running, Women, Together

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• It does no good to be right, if what you're craving is wrong.

  Joy Browne

  Women, Doe, Craving

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• We've turned into a nation of mothers to our men. I think it's a dreadful mistake that doesn't benefit anybody.

  Joy Browne

  Mother, Mistake, Women

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• Charity always feels better to the donor than to the recipient.

  Joy Browne

  Women, Feel Better, Charity

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• You're much more interesting when you're online - all of us are.

  Joy Browne

  Women, Interesting, Online

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• The American notion of family is perhaps the most romanticized, deep-rooted, and misery-producing fantasy of the last hundred years.

  Joy Browne

  Family, Years, Lasts

  Joy Browne, M.D. (2010). “The Nine Fantasies That Will Ruin Your Life (and the Eight Realities That Will Save You)”, p.11, Harmony

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• The thing about sex is not that you're naked physically, but if you do it right, that you're naked emotionally.

  Joy Browne

  Sex, Naked, Ifs

  Joy Browne (2006). “Dating For Dummies”, p.261, John Wiley & Sons

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• You can certainly go to war about it, but to me it seems pointless.

  Joy Browne

  War, Women, Seems

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• In its purest form, dating is auditioning for mating (and auditioning means we may or may not get the part).

  Joy Browne

  Mean, Dating, May

  Joy Browne (2011). “Dating For Dummies”, p.2, John Wiley & Sons

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• How do you take something and make it special? The answer is a lot of hard work and a great deal of imagination.

  Joy Browne

  Women, Hard Work, Imagination

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• Take your hurt feelings and channel them into political activism.

  Joy Browne

  Hurt, Women, Political

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• When a guy says, "Don't make a fuss over my birthday," he means "Don't make a fuss over my birthday". When we say "Don't make a fuss over my birthday," we mean "Give me a surprise party. Do something lavish. Just don't tell everyone my age."

  Joy Browne

  Women, Party, Mean

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• A dedication to perfection means that we are doomed always to be just a heartbeat way - from exposure. Perfection is unchanging; lives are ongoing.

  Joy Browne

  Life Changing, Mean, Dedication

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• Infidelity, cheating is the easiest, stupidest, dumbest thing you can do.

  Joy Browne

  Cheating, Women, Infidelity

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• Most of sex is psychological - most of it is between our ears and not between our legs.

  Joy Browne

  Sex, Women, Ears

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• It's not unusual for kids in their twenties to be mad at their parents.

  Joy Browne

  Women, Kids, Mad

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• If we give up the notion that everybody’s life is perfect but ours, we would be a lot happier. Nobody’s life is perfect.

  Joy Browne

  Giving Up, Women, Perfect

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• Sex is meant to be, if not addictive, at least a very compelling behavior.

  Joy Browne

  Sex, Women, Behavior

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