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The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.

Marilyn vos Savant

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
Playwright
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Individual
America
Essence
Literature
Freedom

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Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.
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Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
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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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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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Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.
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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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Common sense comes from experience, and kids need to fail as well as succeed in order to learn it. It's difficult to develop common sense when you spend a lot of time in your room where nothing much happens.
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Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head.
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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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The 40s are when you start trading your psychological problems for physical ones.
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Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.
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Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process.
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I believe that one can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood.
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Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.
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To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
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An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking.
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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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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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Ultimately, our future is like a mirror. Whenever we face it, it always reflects what we left behind.
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