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Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
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Journalist
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St. Louis
Missouri
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Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.
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Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
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While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.
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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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Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.
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Ultimately, our future is like a mirror. Whenever we face it, it always reflects what we left behind.
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Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them
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Just because you're unemployed doesn't mean you're not doing anything useful. You are, for example, at least keeping your mother-in-law's wit sharp.
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Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors.
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Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.
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Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.
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Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.
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One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from practice, and persevering.
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The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.
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Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
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Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.
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Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head.
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Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.
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