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Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.

Marilyn vos Savant

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
Playwright
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Happy
Success
May
Stuck
Ability
Whatever
Happiness

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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
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Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table.
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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 decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.
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Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.
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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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An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.
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Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.
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Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
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Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process.
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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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Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.
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Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.
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If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.
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Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
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If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.
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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them
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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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