Quotes By Marilyn Vos Savant
Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.
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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 describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.
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Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?
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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 draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.
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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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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 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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If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.
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Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.
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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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Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.
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Be able to suffer wearing a necktie or slightly high heels for an entire evening without complaint or early removal.
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The difference between talking on your cell phone while driving and speaking with a passenger is huge. The person on the other end of the cell phone is chattering away, oblivious.
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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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Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.
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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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Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process.
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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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The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time.
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Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.
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