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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
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St. Louis
Missouri
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A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them.
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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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Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
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I believe Picasso's success is just one small part of the broader modern phenomenon of artists themselves rejecting serious art- perhaps partly because serious art takes so much time and energy and talent to produce-in favor of what I call `impulse art': art work that is quick and easy, at least by comparison.
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Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.
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Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
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If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.
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How can we live in freedom and maintain that we are entitled to *anything* that we can't get without the labor of others? Remember, if we are entitled to the labor of others, that makes slaves of those others.
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Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.
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Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
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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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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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Geometry is beautifully logical, and it teaches you how to think and prove that things are so, step by step by step. Proofs are excellent lessons in reasoning. Without logic and reasoning, you are dependent on jumping to conclusions or - worse - having empty opinions.
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Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors.
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What women want is what men want. They want respect.
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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.
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Common sense comes from experience, and kids need to fail as well as succeed in order to learn it. It's difficult to develop common sense when you spend a lot of time in your room where nothing much happens.
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Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.
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Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
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