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Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.

Marilyn vos Savant

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
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St. Louis
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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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Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors.
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To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
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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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Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table.
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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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Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
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Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.
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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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