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John Kenneth Galbraith

"Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence."

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Asa Don Brown

"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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Asa Don Brown

"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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"Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does."
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"In all life one should comfort the afflicted, but verily, also, one should afflict the comfortable, and especially when they are comfortably, contentedly, even happily wrong."
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"Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive."
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