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I have no complaints about losing money I put in high-risk investments. I did some of that when I had real money my informed choice, my measured gamble.

Elayne Boosler

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Elayne Boosler
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 18
Actor
Comedian
Brooklyn
New York
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I didn't get a high school diploma. I really didn't have much of an education, which left me open to educating myself throughout my life, without the limitations on intellectual curiosity a formal education can impose. I followed what interested me.
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Citizens are all equal in politics: we each have one vote.
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