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How can we live in freedom and maintain that we are entitled to *anything* that we can't get without the labor of others? Remember, if we are entitled to the labor of others, that makes slaves of those others.
Marilyn vos Savant
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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
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Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
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Common sense comes from experience, and kids need to fail as well as succeed in order to learn it. It's difficult to develop common sense when you spend a lot of time in your room where nothing much happens.
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When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.
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An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.
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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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...there are days when I feel I can do anything and days when I feel I can do nothing. But fortunately for those around me, neither sort occurs very often.
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Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.
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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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Ultimately, our future is like a mirror. Whenever we face it, it always reflects what we left behind.
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Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.
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