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What women want is what men want. They want respect.

Marilyn vos Savant

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
Playwright
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Ethics
Respect
Women
Men

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Just because you're unemployed doesn't mean you're not doing anything useful. You are, for example, at least keeping your mother-in-law's wit sharp.
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An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking.
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Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.
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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.
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Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.
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I love having ten times as much stuff to do as I can possibly find time to do. That way, I can pick the one-tenth that I want to do most. But if I only have enough to just occupy all my time, I'm stuck doing all of whatever stuff it happens to be.
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Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.
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The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.
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I believe that one becomes stronger emotionally by taking life less personally. If your employer criticizes your report, don't take it personally. Instead, find out what's needed and fix it. If your girlfriend laughs at your tie, don't take it personally. Find another tie or find another girlfriend.
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Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.
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Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.
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Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head.
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Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.
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I believe Picasso's success is just one small part of the broader modern phenomenon of artists themselves rejecting serious art- perhaps partly because serious art takes so much time and energy and talent to produce-in favor of what I call `impulse art': art work that is quick and easy, at least by comparison.
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Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
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Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.
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Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.
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Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.
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Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.
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