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Marilyn vos Savant
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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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Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
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Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.
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An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed an act of vengeance writes one of its own
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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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I believe that one becomes stronger emotionally by taking life less personally. If your employer criticizes your report, don't take it personally. Instead, find out what's needed and fix it. If your girlfriend laughs at your tie, don't take it personally. Find another tie or find another girlfriend.
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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 the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.
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A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.
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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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I believe that one can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood.
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