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Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.

Marilyn vos Savant

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
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St. Louis
Missouri
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If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.
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Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.
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A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.
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An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.
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