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When all the archetypes burst out shamelessly, we plumb the depths of Homeric profundity. Two clichés make us laugh but a hundred clichés moves us because we sense dimly that the clichés are talking among themselves, celebrating a reunion.... Just as the extreme of pain meets sensual pleasure, and the extreme of perversion borders on mystical energy, so too the extreme of banality allows us to catch a glimpse of the Sublime. Umberto Eco		Monday May 11, 2026
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About Marilyn vos Savant

	Marilyn vos Savant
	Marilyn vos Savant (born Marilyn Mach on August 11, 1946) is an American magazine columnist, author, lecturer and playwright who rose to fame through her listing in the Guinness Book of World Records under "Highest IQ." Since 1986 she has written Ask Marilyn, a Sunday column in Parade magazine in which she answers questions from readers on a variety of subjects. Read More

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Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever were stuck with.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

... what women want is what men want. They want respect.

Id rather be rejected than used because they both amount to the same thing in the end, but being used takes a lot longer.

If you never heard opportunity knock, maybe youre never at home.

The magnitude of an action may change not only the strength of its impact, but the direction. If you became a dentist, for example, you would certainly be an asset to our society. But what if everyone became a dentist? Who would bake the bread? Who would build the houses?

Loving behavior contributes to the group at the expense of the individual. Competition contributes to the survival of the individual at the expense of the group. In the garden of life, some people are more like flowers, and other people are more like weeds.

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.

Q: What is the difference between a hypothesis and a theory? A: Think of a hypothesis as a card. A theory is a house made of hypotheses.

If your head tells you one thing and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.

A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them.

Ultimately, our future is like a mirror. Whenever we face it, it always reflects what we left behind.

A friend is someone who stays by your side all through the troubles hes caused you.

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from.'

A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.

Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.

An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.

The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.

It is a lot easier to prove that you dont love someone than it is to prove that you do, but one of the best proofs I know is the desire to devote time to the person with no expectation of any sort of compensation, including gratitude, in return.

A 45-year old looks a lot like a 25-year old whos been out all night. And feels just as good about having survived the experience.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Youre who you think you are, even if you never admit it to yourself or to anyone else. You may be in the worst position to judge, but youre in the best position to know.

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