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“My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.”

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It's unrealistic to think you can only have one good product. People are not that poor. They can buy what they want.

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The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.

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After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.

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“If you're not a sex symbol, you're in trouble.”

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Get up and do it if it needs to be done, even if you hate it!

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There is no better way to get to know someone than to have an affair ... it can save years of lunches.

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Do what's in front of you as well as possible. Keep going until you realize what you're best at.

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Never expect anybody - except possibly your analyst - to be as thrilled about your sex life as you are.

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Being somebody is better than not being somebody vis à vis what you want out of life. If you want to talk to interesting…

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I think a single woman's biggest problem is coping with the people who are trying to marry her off!

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My own philosophy is if you're not having sex, you're finished. It separates the girls from the old people.

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My father died when I was 10; my sister got polio a couple of years later and was paralyzed. So there I was -…

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