Jane Brody Quotes

#1. Contrary to what some parents might believe or hope for, children are not born a blank slate. Rather, they come into the world with predetermined abilities, proclivities and temperaments that nurturing parents may be able to foster or modify, but can rarely reverse.

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#2. Do your homework and keep good files. Know the background and biases of your sources.

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#3. Turn your midlife crisis to your own advantage by making it a time for renewal of your body and mind, rather than stand by helplessly and watch them decline.

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#4. Real luxury is time and opportunity to read for pleasure

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#5. [On her father's death:] Gone was the person who had known me better than anyone else on earth and who had loved and admired me unconditionally since the day I was born.

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#6. Reverse the typical American meal pattern and instead eat like a king for breakfast, a prince for lunch and a pauper for supper.

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