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"Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen."
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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!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

"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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"Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."

"It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions."

"Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old."

"A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea."

"The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself."

"Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope."
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