Marilyn vos Savant Quotes
Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
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Writing has been handed to me on a plate.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I wanted to be a director and producer and writer, but in the early '40's the union wouldn't let you get through the gates. You couldn't get on a crew, or even learn to direct.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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Likewise nanotechnology will, once it gets under way, depend on the tools we have then and our ability to use them, and not on the steps that got us there.
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It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as a freelance writer when I had to quit my job at the 'Herald Tribune' to stay home with my young daughter.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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I've always fought as a heavyweight, and I didn't see any reason to fight at a lighter weight.
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It is a great honor to become Executive Producer of 'Frontline.' David Fanning's mentorship and partnership over the past fifteen years has been extraordinary. I am inspired by his legacy and honored to guide 'Frontline's future.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
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Writers are so important.
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The original and brilliant idea of an MBA was the opportunity for students to study the theory and application of business and management principles.
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
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True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.
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Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
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Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.
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All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
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I think my heart is quite selfish. If I followed my heart, I would not be a good person. But I have moral principles. I have to sit down and reflect.
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Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.
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I was, in reality, bred by my parents as my father's concubine... What we take for granted as the stability of family life may well depend on the sexual slavery of our children. What's more, this is a cynical arrangement our institutions have colluded to conceal.
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Journalism is a way of voicing opinion, of participating in the political, social, or cultural debate.
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Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
