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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
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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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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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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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Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
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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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The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.
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Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
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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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Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
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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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Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.
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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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If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.
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The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.
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Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
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You're who you think you are, even if you never admit it to yourself or to anyone else. You may be in the worst position to judge, but you're in the best position to know.
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Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read
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Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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