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Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.

Marilyn vos Savant

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
Playwright
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Involved
Justice
Right
Feels
Even
Outsiders
Directly
Revenge

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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 able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country.
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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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A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.
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I love having ten times as much stuff to do as I can possibly find time to do. That way, I can pick the one-tenth that I want to do most. But if I only have enough to just occupy all my time, I'm stuck doing all of whatever stuff it happens to be.
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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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An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed an act of vengeance writes one of its own
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Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head.
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Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.
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Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
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Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.
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What women want is what men want. They want respect.
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I suspect that some apparently homosexual people are really heterosexuals who deeply phobic about the opposite sex or have other emotional problems.
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Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.
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If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.
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