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

— Peg Bracken I Didn't Come Here to Argue (1969)

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

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

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

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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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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

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