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Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.

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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Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
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Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.
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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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Ultimately, our future is like a mirror. Whenever we face it, it always reflects what we left behind.
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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 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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Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them
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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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Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.
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Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.
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It is a lot easier to prove that you don't love someone than it is to prove that you do, but one of the best 'proofs' I know is the desire to devote time to the person with no expectation of any sort of compensation, including gratitude, in return.
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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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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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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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Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
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Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read
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Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
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Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.
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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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