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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
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Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.
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Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
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If you're wondering if you're dreaming, you're dreaming.
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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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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 go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.
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Just because you're unemployed doesn't mean you're not doing anything useful. You are, for example, at least keeping your mother-in-law's wit sharp.
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Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.
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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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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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Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.
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Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.
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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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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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Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
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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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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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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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When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.
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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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