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This is a national epidemic. The term epidemic seems appropriate. This isn't a problem that is just in Pennsylvania or just Philadelphia. It is happening around the country.


Joan Benso

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JOAN RIVERS When we start deceiving ourselves into thinking not that we want something... but that it is a moral...
JOAN DIDION Isn't that what we come into politics for? To say to people: 'You can do it, too - there is ...
JOAN KIRNER People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet....
JOAN BLADES Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us...
JOAN HALIFAX All my way through college, I worked my way as a window dresser for Lord & Taylor, so I always l...
JOAN RIVERS I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend.
JOAN CRAWFORD Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, "How will I get off?".
JOAN MANLEY Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles,a headache and a sore jaw from...
JOAN LUNDEN To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep.
JOAN KLEMPNER