Marilyn Vos Savant

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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.
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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.
To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.
Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.
Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.
Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.
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.
To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
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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