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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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The magnitude of an action may change not only the strength of its impact, but the direction. If you became a dentist, for example, you would certainly be an asset to our society. But what if everyone became a dentist? Who would bake the bread? Who would build the houses?
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Be able to set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating.
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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.
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...there are days when I feel I can do anything and days when I feel I can do nothing. But fortunately for those around me, neither sort occurs very often.
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I suspect that some apparently homosexual people are really heterosexuals who deeply phobic about the opposite sex or have other emotional problems.
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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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The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.
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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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The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.
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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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Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
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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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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
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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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If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.
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Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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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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Loving behavior contributes to the group at the expense of the individual. Competition contributes to the survival of the individual at the expense of the group. In the garden of life, some people are more like flowers, and other people are more like weeds.
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