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Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.

Marilyn vos Savant

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
Playwright
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Literature
Society
Individual
Needs
Handling
People
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Manage
Tasks
Projects

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Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.
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Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.
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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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While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.
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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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Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
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Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
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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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A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.
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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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An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.
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Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.
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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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Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head.
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Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.
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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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Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
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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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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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An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking.
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