Joyce Brothers
Overview
Joyce Brothers is an American
United States
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 psychologist, television personality and advice columnist, publishing a daily syndicated newspaper column since 1960.
Brothers was born Joyce Diane Bauer in New York City
New York City
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, New York
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, the daughter of Estelle (née Rapaport) and Morris K. Bauer, both of whom were attorneys and had a law practice together. Her family is Jewish. She graduated from Far Rockaway High School
Far Rockaway High School
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 in Far Rockaway, Queens
Far Rockaway, Queens
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 in 1943.

She earned her Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
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 degree in psychology
Psychology
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 from Columbia University
Columbia University
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 after completing her undergraduate work at Cornell University
Cornell University
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.
Quotations

Marriage is not just spiritual communion and passionate embraces; marriage is also three meals a day, sharing the workload and remembering to carry out the trash.

"When Your Husband's Affection Cools" in Good Housekeeping (May 1972)

Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words.

"When Your Husband's Affection Cools" in Good Housekeeping (May 1972)

I don’t give advice. I can’t tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.

American Way (1979)

Don’t fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.

The Successful Woman : How You Can Have a Career, a Husband, and a Family — and Not Feel Guilty About It (1988), p. 18

In each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do you ever find them.

As quoted in Say It Right : A Guide To Effective Oral Business Presentations (1994) by Garth A. Hanson, Kaye T. Hanson and Ted D. Stoddard

When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

As quoted in Three Hundred and Twenty-Five Prompts for Personal Journals (1995) by James A. Senn, p. 44

When you come right down to it, the secret of having it all is loving it all.

As quoted in Anything Is Possible: Humor and Wisdom for Success and Prosperity (1997) by Meiji Stewart, p. 73

No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you'd be more productive.

As quoted in Succeeding Sane : Making Room for Joy in a Crazy World (1998) by Bonnie St. John Deane, p. 122

We control fifty percent of a relationship. We influence one hundred percent of it.

As quoted in Letting Go of Debt : Growing Richer One Day at a Time (2000) by Karen Casanova, p. 17

 
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