#elle

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Since the days of Abraham many men of unusual intellect not only have diligently studied the divine plan, but have devoted their lives to having a part in making it known to others. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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It always amazed me that he was able to do it, and that Orson Welles was able to do it. I never understood it because the talents are absolutely opposite - polar opposites. ↗

— Mark Rydell

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A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject. ↗

— William Safire

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You know, we travelled a lot when I was a kid because my father was wherever the work was. ↗

— Katey Sagal

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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal. ↗

— Sallust

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Music has just as much to do with movement and body as it does soul and intellect. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument. ↗

— George Sand

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I'm not known for my intellectual range and tricks have been played on me. ↗

— William Sanderson

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Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make one that I can't get yelled at for. ↗

— Adam Sandler

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