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Simone Weil

"The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell."

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"The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell."

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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!"

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"The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something."

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"I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research."

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"I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander."

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"Some people are street-smart, some people are book-smart, but most people are just dumber than dirt."

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"Don't be scared to be intelligent. Knowledge is sexy and powerful."

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"Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. I make money studying natural stupidity."

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"The Knowledgeable has the intelligent answer but only the intelligent one asks for a knowledgeable question."

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"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."

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"For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth."

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"It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down."
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"Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty."
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"Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand."
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"A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war."
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"Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention."
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"The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest."
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"Every perfect life is a parable invented by God."
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"Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat."
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"The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know."
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"To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself."
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