Beauty Fades - Dumb is Forever - Judge Judy - **

A gorgeous model will someday become a "former model".
-- The Next Top Former Model

Denial is a river in Egypt.

"Failure doesn't build character. Whoever came up with that idea was an idiot. Success builds character."
-- Ahaha

"Women are taught that unless they are half of a couple, they are nothing."
I'd say they were taught they're below women who are half a couple, not nothing...

Two very sharp young women wrote a smash-hit book called The Rules, which is nothing more than a handbook of deference.
-- note to self: read The Rules

The Swan Story:
Swans mate for life. Two pairs of swans on a lake. One male dies. His mate is distraught, and after a few months, goes berserk and kills one of the other swans: the male - not the female. Didn't want the male for herself, just couldn't stand to see the other female with him.

Viagra was originally tested as a treatment for high blood pressure.

"We can't put the genie back in the bottle and wish people behaved as they did thirty years ago."
-- Sad, but true.

"It's a fact that women survive being alone much better than men do. Men, who've been coddled their entire lives, suddenly find themselves having to grocery shop, do laundry, clean up after themselves. . . what most men really want is for someone to take care of them."
-- ...a swing and a miss. Good try though, would have been a ground-rule double thirty years ago.

"If the man you're with is threatened by your achievements or abilities, get out. Insecure men will do whatever is necessary to bring you down."
-- Not be threatened by, not be unduly impressed by

Women who can stand toe to toe with men, and do so with humor, are successful.

Navel-gazing: excessive introspection, focusing too much on a single issue

"I've got food in my fridge that's older than you."

There's no cap on success. The jury stays out until you take your last breath.
-- Not an excuse to procrastinate

"There are two kinds of men: those who don't get it, and those who do - but get it wrong."
Hahaha

persona non grata - a nice expression