Marilyn vos Savant Quotes

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Marilyn vos Savant

Profession : Writer

Birth : August 11, 1946

I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality.

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Scientists and creationists are always at odds, of course.

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A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.

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Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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 recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.

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

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Have you ever noticed that when you must struggle to hear something, you close your eyes?

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