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The subject of men and women is absolutely fraught with sex, which is as it should be.

— Peg Bracken I Try to Behave Myself: Peg Bracken's Etiquette Book (1966)

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There are worse things than being fat, and one of them is worrying about it all the time.

If the author is so interested in Science, why doesn't she take a course in it?

I Didn't Come Here to Argue (1969)

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It isn't surprising that many children consider their parents to be a little dim, and that they sometimes try to update them. The fact that they don't usually try too hard is just as well; a thoroughly updated parent is an unappetizing sight.

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