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"The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return."
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"Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way."
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"A genius is a grown-up that did not grow up."
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"A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else."
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"Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use."
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"Genius must be born, and never can be taught."
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"The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human."
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"This was genius at close quarters, and genius had that something above normal in it that was a great strain upon the ordinary mind and feeling. All five were different from each other, yet each had that curious quality of burning intensity, the single-mindedness of purpose that made such a terrifying impression. She did not know whether it were a quality of brain or rather a quality of outlook, of intensity. But each of them, she thought, was in his or her way a passionate idealist."
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"Of all the things in the world, I'm particularly amazed at, is the conviction with which the MIND, endorses an Idea, which is phenomenal, as it differentiates the Genius from Mediocre, or not to forget the human stupidity in particular!"
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"Genius - to know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things."
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"If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators."
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"That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president."
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"Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so."
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"We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself."
Life
"A good deed never goes unpunished."
Society
"To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds."
Birds
"It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true."
Age
"Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half."
People
"Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith."
Business
"On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died."
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"In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it."
Writing
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