Marilyn vos Savant Quotes

• Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?

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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 tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you.

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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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• Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.

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• Be able to recognize when you’re reading or hearing material biased to your own side.

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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 recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them.

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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 notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news.

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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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• Be able to live alone, even if you don’t want to and think you will never find it necessary.

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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 identify the most common breeds of dogs and cats on sight.

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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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• Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.

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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 defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.

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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 correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.

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Marilyn vos Savant (90)

Birth:	11th August, 1946
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author

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