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"I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence."
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"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."

"It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results."

"Intelligence is often worshiped, even when that intelligence allows unfathomable injustice and suffering to occur under its smart watch."

"None of us is born a genius, it self-ignites within us."

"Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence."

"The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind."

"I feel as though my career really hit its high point when I was cast as a supporting actress in 'American Wedding'. I thought the script had a lot of depth and intelligence, and it really just jumped off the page."

"What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness."
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"I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the feeling that I haven't just been sitting on my ass all afternoon."


"Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could."


"Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years."


"To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue."
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