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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
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Whatever
Happiness

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Be able to set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating.
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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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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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I believe that one becomes stronger emotionally by taking life less personally. If your employer criticizes your report, don't take it personally. Instead, find out what's needed and fix it. If your girlfriend laughs at your tie, don't take it personally. Find another tie or find another girlfriend.
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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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Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
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Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.
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Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country.
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Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
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A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.
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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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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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I believe that one can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood.
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What women want is what men want. They want respect.
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Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
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Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
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The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.
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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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The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.
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An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.
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