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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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St. Louis
Missouri
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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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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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Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.
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Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them
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Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
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Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
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Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.
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To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
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If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.
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A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.
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Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
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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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I suspect that some apparently homosexual people are really heterosexuals who deeply phobic about the opposite sex or have other emotional problems.
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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 able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
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Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.
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One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from practice, and persevering.
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Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.
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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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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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