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title: "2 Algebra Quotes By Mary Schmich"
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> [Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/don-t-worry-about-the-future-or-worry-but-know-that-worrying-is-as/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

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> [Worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/worrying-is-as-effective-as-trying-to-solve-an-algebra-equation-by/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

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## Other authors on Algebra

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## More by Mary Schmich

> [Linda Tripp has shown that a true friend is an archivist, a biographer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/linda-tripp-has-shown-that-a-true-friend-is-an-archivist-a-biographer/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/the-movies-we-love-and-admire-are-to-some-extent-a-function-of-who-we/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/don-t-feel-guilty-if-you-don-t-know-what-you-want-to-do-with-your/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/dance-even-if-you-have-nowhere-to-do-it-but-your-living-room/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Thanksgiving without tension is like a Thanksgiving without turkey. It can be done, but it is not the norm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/thanksgiving-without-tension-is-like-a-thanksgiving-without-turkey-it/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/don-t-waste-your-time-on-jealousy-sometimes-you-re-ahead-sometimes/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/i-couldn-t-have-foreseen-all-the-good-things-that-have-followed-my/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/on-an-average-day-we-allow-ourselves-the-fiction-that-we-own-a-piece/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/be-nice-to-your-siblings-they-are-your-link-to-the-past-and-the/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Families are ecosystems. Each life grows in response to the lives around it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/families-are-ecosystems-each-life-grows-in-response-to-the-lives/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/you-can-map-your-life-through-your-favorite-movies-and-no-two-people/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Barbie is just a doll.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/barbie-is-just-a-doll/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Chicago is constantly auditioning for the world, determined that one day, on the streets of Barcelona, in Berlin's cabarets, in the coffee shops of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/chicago-is-constantly-auditioning-for-the-world-determined-that-one/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [When you're thinking, "Why do I have to eat Aunt Sue's casserole with potato chips crumbled on top again?" change that thought to "A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/when-you-re-thinking-why-do-i-have-to-eat-aunt-sue-s-casserole-with/)

[Mary Schmich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-schmich/)

> [Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-schmich/be-kind-to-your-knees-you-ll-miss-them-when-they-re-gone/)

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