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

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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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Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read
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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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Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.
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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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Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.
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An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking.
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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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Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.
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Ultimately, our future is like a mirror. Whenever we face it, it always reflects what we left behind.
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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 recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country.
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When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.
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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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Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
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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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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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One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from practice, and persevering.
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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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What women want is what men want. They want respect.
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An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.
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