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"Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation" the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true."
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"Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent."
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"Smartness without wisdom is stupidity."
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"Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life."
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"A researcher that has a brain that functions differently from their peers is at an advantage, as they can see things that the others cannot."
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"Your complete intelligence is designed to experience the fullness of life, not a narrow omission of its best possibilities."
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"Emotionally intelligent people can focus their emotions to improve performance and productivity."
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"Most unintelligent or foolish people do not regard themselves as that, they regard themselves as not-that-intelligent or not-that-wise."
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"None of us is born a genius, it self-ignites within us."
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"Once intelligent beings achieve technology and the capacity for self-destruction of their species, the selective advantage of intelligence becomes more uncertain."
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"I did my military service from 1989 - 92 and I was never shot at or had to fire on anybody. I was very lucky. I was more involved in intelligence and counter-intelligence."
Intelligence

"I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow."
Character

"The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility."
Life

"I am not thinking that because people say I am great that I really am great. I am just doing a job, just like everybody else. The only difference is that a lot more people see what I do."
People

"I think I value things more correctly. I hope I look at my life in a way that makes sense."
Life

"I never got hurt when I was in Morocco doing all the horse riding and my own stunts. But on the last day on the last shot I slid off my horse and landed on my bottom. I did not get hurt but it was very embarrassing."
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