Marilyn vos Savant's Quotes

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

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

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

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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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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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