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Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.

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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A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.
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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 travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.
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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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To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
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Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.
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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 able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.
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Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.
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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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Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.
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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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Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
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Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.
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The lower our self-esteem, the more we're attracted to our opposite, and the higher our self-esteem, the more we are attracted to another like ourselves.
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If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.
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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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What women want is what men want. They want respect.
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