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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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Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.
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Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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You're who you think you are, even if you never admit it to yourself or to anyone else. You may be in the worst position to judge, but you're in the best position to know.
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What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom to and freedom from.
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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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Be able to set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating.
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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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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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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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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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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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Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.
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To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
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A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.
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If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.
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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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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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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 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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Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.
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