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Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.

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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 how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.
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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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What women want is what men want. They want respect.
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Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table.
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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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The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.
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Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
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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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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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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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Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.
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Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them
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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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Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.
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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.
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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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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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While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.
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Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
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