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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them someth

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore. – Ogden Nash

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I have an idea that the phrase “weaker sex” was coined by some woman to disarm some man she was preparing to overwhelm. – Ogden Nash

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There are some great questions to ask your doctor. If he says no, then you find yourself a different doctor. There really has to be a change in how we medically look at women at this time. I mean, this is not just baby gloom. – Marie Osmond

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