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While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.

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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Writing
Speakers
Concentrate
Nearly
Saying
Literature
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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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If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.
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An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.
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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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Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you
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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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Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.
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Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.
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A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them.
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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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Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.
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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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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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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.
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Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.
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The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.
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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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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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