Marilyn vos Savant Quotes - Page 4

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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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  Art, Believe, Energy

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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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  Would Be, Done, Literature

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• Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors.

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  Treats, Know How, Knows

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• Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.

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  Mother, Father, Secret

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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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  Thinking, Literature, Want

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• [When asked if the voice is an instrument:] Yes, of course. Some are violins, some are fountain pens and some are stethoscopes. And others are just washboards.

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  Voice, Violin, Fountain

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• Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption.

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  Long, Target, Use

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• Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.

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  Witty, Shopping, Literature

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• [Adulthood:] It's when you stop doing the stuff you have to make excuses for and when you stop making excuses for the stuff you have to do.

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  Stuff, Excuse, Adulthood

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• Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.

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  Literature, Appearance, Boxes

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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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  Strong, Perfect, Negative

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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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  Writing, Literature, Wells

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• Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.

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  Funny, Witty, Humorous

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• The magnitude of an action may change not only the strength of its impact, but the direction. If you became a dentist, for example, you would certainly be an asset to our society. But what if everyone became a dentist? Who would bake the bread? Who would build the houses?

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  Change, Strength, Impact

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• Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.

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  People, Tasks, Needs

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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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  Aggravation, Able, Decline

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• People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while.

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  People, Progress, Should

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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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  Food, Eye, Literature

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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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  Heart, Secret, Promise

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• Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.

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  Buffets, Helping, Clean

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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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  Differences, Principles, Literature

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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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  Player, Two, Boards

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• The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.

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  Essence, America, Literature

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• The original answer defines certain conditions. Anything else is a different question.

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  Different, Answers, Certain

  "Ask Marilyn" column, Parade Magazine, February 17, 1991.

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• Be able to set a table so that you feel like you're dining, not just sitting and eating.

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  Dining, Sitting, Tables

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