Marilyn vos Savant Quotes

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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What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from.'

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

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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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Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

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

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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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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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