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John Ciardi

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

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

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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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Asa Don Brown

"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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Asa Don Brown

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

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Asa Don Brown

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

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Asa Don Brown

"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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Asa Don Brown

"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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"Poetry lies its way to the truth."
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"Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."
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"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."
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"There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation."
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"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."
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"Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!"
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"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."
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"The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself."
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"Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone."
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"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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