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Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.

Marilyn vos Savant

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
Playwright
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
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The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.
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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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Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.
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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head.
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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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Ultimately, our future is like a mirror. Whenever we face it, it always reflects what we left behind.
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Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.
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Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table.
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Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.
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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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An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed an act of vengeance writes one of its own
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Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
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To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
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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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When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.
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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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Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.
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