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“People who buy annuities, it turns out, live longer than people who don’t, and not because the people who buy annuities are healthier to start with. The evidence suggests that an annuity’s steady payout provides a little extra incentive to keep chugging along.”
― Steven D. Levitt, SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

“Approximately seventy percent of the female population is on a diet at any given time. More women diet than vote.”
― Susan Jane Gilman, Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess

“no task is so simple that, with sufficient effort, it can’t be made complicated—this”
― Jeff Yeager, The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means

“Memories are bullets. Some whiz by and only spook you. Others tear you open and leave you in pieces.”
― Richard Kadrey, Kill the Dead