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The innocent supposition, entertained by most people, that even if they are not brilliant, they are not dumb, is correct only in a very relative sense. ↗

— James Gould Cozzens

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God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible. ↗

— James Clavell

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Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence. ↗

— Alistair Cooke

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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

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I don't know how to depict intelligence. ↗

— David Fincher

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I don’t care how intelligent or attractive someone is, if he zaps your energy, he isn’t for you. True chemistry is more than intellectual compatibility. Beyond surfaces, you must be intuitively at ease. ↗

— Judith Orloff

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And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing. ↗

— Louis Freeh

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During the Cold War, we gathered information by listening to the Soviets, taking pictures of the Soviets, and we allowed our human intelligence to decline. ↗

— Bob Graham

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We ought to recognize that we have an offensive responsibility to take the war to the terrorists where they are. That responsibility has waned in the last year as military and intelligence resources were withdrawn from Afghanistan and Pakistan to be used in Iraq. ↗

— Bob Graham

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The intelligence community gets hurt through sequestration. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

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