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His daughter Katherine recalled him saying that one needs only three sets of clothing: “one on one’s body, one in the wash and one in the closet ready to wear.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Investing does seem to be an area where there are lessons that usually cannot be taught, only painfully learned on one’s own.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
The criminal process, which typically lasts months, takes a toll on one’s mental health.
From Salon • Oct. 11, 2025
It’s mostly not acceptable to go about daily life dressed as a matchbox or wearing a bird’s nest, rubbish, or lobster claws on one’s head, even if it is designed by Dior.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
Astrology maintains that the gravitational attraction of the planets at the time of one’s birth somehow has an effect on one’s personality.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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