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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.

In my opinion, defining intelligence is much like defining beauty, and I don’t mean that it’s in the...

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Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we liv...

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To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the ...

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

What women want is what men want. They want respect.

If your head tells you one thing and your heart tells you another before you do anything you shoul...

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Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom t...

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Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. ...

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I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you...

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Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.

To acquire knowledge, one must study;but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

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

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

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Marilyn vos Savant

Columnist

Born: 1946-08-11

Died: N/A

Marilyn vos Savant (born 11 August 1946) is an American magazine columnist and author who rose to fame through her listing in the Guinness Book of World Records under Highest IQ. The following quotes are mostly from Ask Marilyn, her Sunday column in PARADE magazine. Where a question and answer are indicated, the question is a reader's and the answer is Marilyn's.More