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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
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Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.
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An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.
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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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The lower our self-esteem, the more we're attracted to our opposite, and the higher our self-esteem, the more we are attracted to another like ourselves.
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Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
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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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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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An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed an act of vengeance writes one of its own
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Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process.
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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.
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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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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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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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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 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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Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.
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Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.
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Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.
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