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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
Literature
Freedom
Individual
America
Essence

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Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
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It is a lot easier to prove that you don't love someone than it is to prove that you do, but one of the best 'proofs' I know is the desire to devote time to the person with no expectation of any sort of compensation, including gratitude, in return.
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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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If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.
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Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.
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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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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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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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When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.
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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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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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To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
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Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.
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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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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 correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.
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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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While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.
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A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.
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