Marilyn vos Savant Quotes About Literature
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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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Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.
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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 defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
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Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
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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 able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news
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Know how weather, especially humidity, can affect the movement of doors and windows.
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Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before.
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Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.
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Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.
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Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.
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Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.
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Know how to drive safely when it's raining or when it's snowing. The two conditions are different.
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Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.
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At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since.
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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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No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time.
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Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.
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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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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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Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
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While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.
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Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do.
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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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Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.
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Have you ever noticed that when you must struggle to hear something, you close your eyes?
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The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.
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Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway.
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