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Marilyn vos Savant

Marilyn vos Savant (/ˌvɒs səˈvɑːnt/; born August 11, 1946) is an American public figure, best known for having the highest recorded IQ according to the Guinness Book of Records, a competitive category the publication has since retired. Savant is a magazine columnist, author, lecturer, and playwright.

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Think of a hypothesis as a card. A theory is a house made of hypotheses.

Thinking, House, Cards, Card, Think

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Children, Electronic, Home, Office, Working

Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.

Experts, Tasks, Task, Time, Say

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

Trying, Three, Balls, Skilled, Juggle

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

Car, Town, Towns, Travel

Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.

Causes, Donation, Left, Make, Profit, Worthwhile

Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.

Criticism, Expose, Fine, Polish, Requires

One of the few articles of clothing that a man won't try to remove from a woman is an apron.

Articles, Clothing, Inspirational, Man, Men, Trying

I suspect that some apparently homosexual people are really heterosexuals who deeply phobic about the opposite sex or have other emotional problems.

Emotional, Opposite, Opposites, Problems, Sex, Suspect

You can't be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise.

Being Wise, Intelligent, Wise

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

Witty, Shopping, Literature, Afterward, Depressed, Bathing

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

Center, New York, Skills, Tightrope, Trying, Twin

The lower our self-esteem, the more we're attracted to our opposite, and the higher our self-esteem, the more we are attracted to another like ourselves.

Attracted, Higher, Like, Opposite, Opposites, Self Esteem

Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway.

Back, Car, Distance, Literature, Straight

If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.

Decide, Firsts, Head, Heart, Sweet Love

Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.

Casinos, Gambler, Long, Racetracks, Term

It is a lot easier to prove that you don't love someone than it is to prove that you do, but one of the best 'proofs' I know is the desire to devote time to the person with no expectation of any sort of compensation, including gratitude, in return.

Devote, Expectations, Gratitude, Love, Return

The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.

Essence, America, Literature, Freedom

Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.

Would Be, Done, Literature, Time, Preferred

If you never heard opportunity knock, maybe you're never at home.

Heard, Home, Knock, Opportunity

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