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The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.

Marilyn vos Savant

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
Playwright
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Freedom
Individual
America
Essence
Literature

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Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.
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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.
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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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An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed an act of vengeance writes one of its own
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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 live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.
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Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.
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Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.
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One of the few articles of clothing that a man won't try to remove from a woman is an apron.
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Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.
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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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Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them
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An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking.
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Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process.
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The magnitude of an action may change not only the strength of its impact, but the direction. If you became a dentist, for example, you would certainly be an asset to our society. But what if everyone became a dentist? Who would bake the bread? Who would build the houses?
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Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
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Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
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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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Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you
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