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An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.
Marilyn vos Savant
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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
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St. Louis
Missouri
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Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.
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Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.
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If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.
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The difference between America and England is that the English think 100 miles is a long distance and the Americans think 100 years is a long time. The difference between an autobiography and an unauthorized biography is like the difference between an account of your life written by your mother and one written by your mother-in-law.
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Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.
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Loving behavior contributes to the group at the expense of the individual. Competition contributes to the survival of the individual at the expense of the group. In the garden of life, some people are more like flowers, and other people are more like weeds.
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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality.
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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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Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.
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It is a lot easier to prove that you don't love someone than it is to prove that you do, but one of the best 'proofs' I know is the desire to devote time to the person with no expectation of any sort of compensation, including gratitude, in return.
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What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom to and freedom from.
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While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.
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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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Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you
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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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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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An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking.
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Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
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Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read
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