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"In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not."
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"We only share our ignorance with others, infact only it IS capable and contagious for it breeds in unawareness, on the contrary Intelligence belongs to an individual's territory, for his very functioning is 'other worldly' and he stands out from the mediocre crowd. What are YOU!"
"The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something."
"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."
"Don't be scared to be intelligent. Knowledge is sexy and powerful."
"Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definition."
"We are intelligent beings: intelligent beings cannot have been formed by a crude, blind, insensible being: there is certainly some difference between the ideas of Newton and the dung of a mule. Newton's intelligence, therefore, came from another intelligence."
"Education is no substitute for intelligence."
"I'm pretty sure there is some genetic component towards intelligence."
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"The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality."
"The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future."
"I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society."
"The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason."
"By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth."
"It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better."
"Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier."
"If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring."
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