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E. B. White

"Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one."

E. B. White, American Writer
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"Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one."

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"As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is a very easy and safe and that you're a financial genius."

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"I think you're all mad. But that's part and parcel of being an artistic genius, isn't it?"

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"Genius is childhood recalled at will."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet
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"Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer
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"Genius is nothing but continued attention."

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"An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius."

Billy Wilder, American Director
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"I am the farthest thing from a computer genius."

Jonathan Brandis, American Actor
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"Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher
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"Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher
Genius, Excuse, Misunderstanding, Behavior

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