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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.
Marilyn vos Savant
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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
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...there are days when I feel I can do anything and days when I feel I can do nothing. But fortunately for those around me, neither sort occurs very often.
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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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Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.
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I believe that one can indeed work on two or more tasks at once, but in ways yet to be understood.
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Geometry is beautifully logical, and it teaches you how to think and prove that things are so, step by step by step. Proofs are excellent lessons in reasoning. Without logic and reasoning, you are dependent on jumping to conclusions or - worse - having empty opinions.
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I believe Picasso's success is just one small part of the broader modern phenomenon of artists themselves rejecting serious art- perhaps partly because serious art takes so much time and energy and talent to produce-in favor of what I call `impulse art': art work that is quick and easy, at least by comparison.
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Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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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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Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors.
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Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.
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Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them
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Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.
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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 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 decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.
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Feeling is what you get for thinking the way you do.
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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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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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Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.
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