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Gustave Flaubert

"Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force."

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"Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force."

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"What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around."

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"I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control."

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"I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"Ah, Senor Zhang," Leo said, "you know how you're always saying, 'Leo, you are the only true genius among demigods'?""I'm pretty sure I never said that."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one."

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"Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way."

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"Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it."

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