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An ounce of sequins can be worth a pound of home cooking.
Marilyn vos Savant
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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
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Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.
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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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How can we live in freedom and maintain that we are entitled to *anything* that we can't get without the labor of others? Remember, if we are entitled to the labor of others, that makes slaves of those others.
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Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.
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Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.
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Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.
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Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.
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Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
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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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If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.
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If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.
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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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Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.
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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 analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
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Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
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Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
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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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Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
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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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