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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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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
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St. Louis
Missouri
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Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.
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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.
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Geometry is beautifully logical, and it teaches you how to think and prove that things are so, step by step by step. Proofs are excellent lessons in reasoning. Without logic and reasoning, you are dependent on jumping to conclusions or - worse - having empty opinions.
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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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Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.
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Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read
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Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
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Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
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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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Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.
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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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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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What women want is what men want. They want respect.
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The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.
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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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Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
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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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