#genius

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it. ↗

— Andre Malraux

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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused. ↗

— Ted McGinley

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To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it. ↗

— William R. Alger

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In the startup world, you're either a genius or an idiot. You're never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the day. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

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When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines. ↗

— Beck

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At home I have a Tibetan terrier. I'm still not sure if he's a genius or very thick. It's a fine line. ↗

— Hugh Bonneville

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I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

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The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts. ↗

— Ken Burns

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Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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When you're young you believe it when people tell you how good you are. And that's the danger, you inhale. Everyone will tell you you're a genius, which you are not, and if you understand that, you win. ↗

— George Clooney

#danger #everyone #genius #good #how