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Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.

Marilyn vos Savant

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
Playwright
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Fine
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Abrasive
Expose
Polish
Requires
Criticism

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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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I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality.
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Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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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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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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Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
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Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read
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Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country.
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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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Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them
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The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.
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I suspect that some apparently homosexual people are really heterosexuals who deeply phobic about the opposite sex or have other emotional problems.
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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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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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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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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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What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom to and freedom from.
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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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An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed an act of vengeance writes one of its own
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