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Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
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St. Louis
Missouri
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Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
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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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While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.
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If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.
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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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What women want is what men want. They want respect.
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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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When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.
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Just because you're unemployed doesn't mean you're not doing anything useful. You are, for example, at least keeping your mother-in-law's wit sharp.
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Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.
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Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.
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I believe that one becomes stronger emotionally by taking life less personally. If your employer criticizes your report, don't take it personally. Instead, find out what's needed and fix it. If your girlfriend laughs at your tie, don't take it personally. Find another tie or find another girlfriend.
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Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
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