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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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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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Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.
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The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.
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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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One of the few articles of clothing that a man won't try to remove from a woman is an apron.
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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 hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.
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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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Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.
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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 go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.
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Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
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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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Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country.
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If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.
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Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
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If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.
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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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A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.
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