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Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad.
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Argument
Punishment
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.
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Heart
First
Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once.
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Sky
Sunset
The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.
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Education
Life
No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time.
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Time
Trying
Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much.
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People
Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read.
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Time
Habit
Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.
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Travel
Car
Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.
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Office
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
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Being
Giving
Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.
Marilyn vos Savant
Life
Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.
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Office
Post
states
Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.
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Artists
Famous
Names
Past
Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker.
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Appearance
Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.
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Difference
Gain
Principles
Right
Wrong