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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.
Marilyn vos Savant
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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
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The difference between America and England is that the English think 100 miles is a long distance and the Americans think 100 years is a long time. The difference between an autobiography and an unauthorized biography is like the difference between an account of your life written by your mother and one written by your mother-in-law.
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The lower our self-esteem, the more we're attracted to our opposite, and the higher our self-esteem, the more we are attracted to another like ourselves.
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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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A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.
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Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them
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Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.
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Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read
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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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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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Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.
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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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Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.
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If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.
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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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Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.
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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 can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood.
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Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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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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I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality.
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