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Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors.

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
Playwright
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St. Louis
Missouri
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The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.
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Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.
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Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.
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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 recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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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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Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.
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Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.
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The difference between America and England is that the English think 100 miles is a long distance and the Americans think 100 years is a long time. The difference between an autobiography and an unauthorized biography is like the difference between an account of your life written by your mother and one written by your mother-in-law.
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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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An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it.
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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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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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Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.
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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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An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed an act of vengeance writes one of its own
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Revenge feels right only to those directly involved. Justice feels right even to outsiders.
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If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.
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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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Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you
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