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SAVING MONEY ON GASOLINE
If you need to get gas while driving on an interstate, look for exits with at least two gas stations. The competition will mean a lower price per gallon.
Bob Horton, consultant and writer, Largo, Florida
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Current Rating: 6.7 out of 10 based on 31 reviews
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AIMING YOUR ADVERTISEMENTS
To attract women, show babies and women. To attract men, show men.
David Ogilvy, advertising expert, The Ogilvy and Mather Agency
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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GETTING WORK DONE
People do best when they're working at 80 percent of their capacity. At 50 percent, they get bored. At 100 percent, stress gets them.
Anonymous
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Current Rating: 6.3 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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DECIDING WHEN TO BLUFF
One or two bluffs per poker game are enough. Overindulgence can produce a bluffaholic.
Dale Armstrong, card player
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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CHOOSING A CHANDELIER
The diagonal dimension of a chandelier in inches should equal the diagonal dimension of the dining room in feet. Also, the diameter of the chandelier should be at least 12 inches less than the diameter of the dining room table.
American Home Lighting Institute
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INCREASING YOUR PERFORMANCE
Every hour, up to ten hours, you add to your weekly training can increase your athletic performance by 5 percent.
Ned Frederick, writer, Exeter, New Hampshire
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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RUNNING A DAIRY
You need half a ton of hay per cow per month, or six tons per cow per year.
Monica Crispin, Cooperative Extension agent
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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WATCHING THE WEATHER
When the rain or snow starts light and slow, it will last a long time; when it starts quick and is heavy, it won't last long.
Robert Hastings, Master Chief Petty Officer, United States Coast Guard
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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RESCUING LOST PEOPLE
Half of all those who get lost and die in remote areas do so within 24 hours.
Gurney Williams III, author
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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BUILDING A CAR
Painting accounts for nearly half the cost of automobile assembly.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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DESIGNING A SUBMARINE
A submarine will move through the water most efficiently if it has a length-to-beam ratio of between 10 to 1 and 13 to 1.
Brent Wiggans, artist, computer scientist, and military buff
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Current Rating: 4.0 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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