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I am not a genius. But I am nerdy.

~Claire Danes

Topics: Am Genius Nerdy I Am

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When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that what our Founding Fathers did that was so genius, is that they made the Senate the place where compromises are supposed to happen because of the makeup of the Senate.

~Claire Mccaskill

Topics: Around Because Beliefs Compromises Did Different Different Ideas Fathers Founding Founding Fathers Genius Happen Ideas Made Makeup Our People Place Realize Senate States Supposed United United States United States Senate Where Work You

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Genius is nothing but continued attention.

~Claude Adrien Helvetius

Topics: Attention Continue Genius Nothing

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I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject.

~Clint Eastwood

Topics: Anybody Does Finding Genius Hates He Just Loves Me Met Never Question Someone Something Subject Well Who

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Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age.

~Clive Bell

Topics: Age Genius Inevitable Sign Worship

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You see the genius that Whitney Houston has as an interpreter of material, and you realize why genius can be applied to only a few interpretive performers. She finds meaning and depth and soulfulness in a song that often the writer and composer never really knew was there.

~Clive Davis

Topics: Applied Composer Depth Few Finds Genius Houston Interpreter Knew Material Meaning Never Often Only Performers Realize Really See She Song Whitney Whitney Houston Why Writer You

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The genius idea of industrialism was the concept of the Model T: In exchange for something cheap and well-made, we'd forgo unique, lovely design.

~Clive Thompson

Topics: Cheap Concept Design Exchange Genius Idea Lovely Model Something Unique T

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Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties.

~Comte De Lautreamont

Topics: Alone Balance Faculties Fundamental Genius Health Intelligence Other Plus Qualities Quality Sums Supreme Taste Through Up Which

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I got to pick the mind of a genius, and I realized why he was a genius. And I realized the man behind the veil or whatever you want to call it. Do you know what I mean? I got to see what makes Dr. Dre Dr. Dre, and I got to interpret that. It's hard to put it into words, so the only thing I know how to do is put it on the screen.

~Corey Hawkins

Topics: Behind Call Do You Know Dr Dre Genius Got Hard He How Interpret Know Makes Man Mean Mind Only Pick Put Realized Screen See The Only Thing Thing Veil Want Whatever Why Words You

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Artists and scientists both think outside the box. They've got to come with genius experiments or ideas to expose the most interesting phenomena.

~Cornelia Parker

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